14 NOVEMBER 1987, page 43

Lessons Of The Past

David Willetts A HISTORY OF ECONOMICS by J. K. Galbraith Hamish Hamilton, £14.95 T he history of science is fundamentally different from the history of an art-form. Today's text......

A Little Learning Of The Wrong Things

Patrick Reyntiens THE CLOSING OF THE AMERICAN MIND by Allan Bloom Simon & Schuster, £14.95 T hough it may be a poignant misfor- tune, felo de se is no crime. But if one were to......