Even though these economists are not yet named, they are described by such intriguing characterizations as madman, skeptic, and tramp. Among the identifications, which become apparent in subsequent chapters, are these:
a philosopher—Adam Smith
a parson—Thomas R. Malthus
a stockbroker—David Ricardo
a nobleman—Saint-Simon
a madman—Charles Fourier
a revolutionary—Karl Marx
an aesthete—John Maynard Keynes
a tramp—Henry George
a skeptic—Thorstein Veblen
