In this second edition of Political Economy: The Contest of Economic Ideas, Frank Stilwell provides a fully updated overview of the political economy and its connection with social concerns. The book investigates the main traditions of economic ideas and provides a 'big picture' overview of the analytical tools and value judgments associated with competing schools of economic thought. Political Economy: The Contest of Economic Ideas features a clear and engaging writing style which makes the complexities of contesting economic ideas - such as classical political economy and Marxist economics, neoclassical economies and neo-liberalism - easier to grasp.