This book contains a selection of the Wincott lectures, given by eminent economists (including four Nobel laureates). In addition, with economic discourse becoming more and more mathematically formulated, these lectures are a striking example of how important concepts can be communicated simply.

Foreword; Lord Harris of High Cross - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; G.E.Wood - The Counter-Revolution in Monetary Theory; M.Friedman - Foreword; Lord Robbins - Wages and Prices in a Mixed Economy; J.E.Meade - Foreword; Sir A.Cairncross - Economic Freedom and Representative Government; F.A.Hayek - Foreword; G.Hutton - Aspects of Post-War Economic Policy; Lord Robbins - Foreword; G.Hutton - The Credibility of Liberal Economics; Sir A.Peacock - Foreword; G.Hutton -Economists and the British Economy; I.Walters - Preface; A.Seldon - The Pleasures and Pains of Modern Capitalism; G.J.Stigler - Foreword; G.Hutton - The Limits of International Co-Operation; D.Lal -Foreword; J.B.Wood - Do Currency Boards have a Future?; A.J.Schwarz - Foreword; G.E.Wood - Free Trade, 'Fairness' and the New Protectionism; J.Bhagwati - Foreword; Lord Harris of High Cross - Index