1 The two cultures in economics 1 2 Of dialogic debates and the uncertain embrace 17 3 Contestation and canonicity: the Adam Smith problem 32 4 The legacies of classical political economy 53 5 Marx and the long run 75 6 The neoclassical (counter) revolution 91 7 Heterodoxy and holism 111 8 Keynes and the world turned upside down 132 9 The last half-century in the mainstream 154 10 Theorizing economic growth 177 11 From equilibrium into history 203