Machine generated contents note: Introduction Alessandro Lanteri and Jack Vromen; Part I. The Institutional Setting of Academic Economics: 1. The culture of academic economics Arjo Klamer; 2. The construction of a global profession: the transnationalization of economics Marion Fourcade; 3. Academic rankings between the 'Republic of Science' and 'New Public Management' Bruno Frey and Margit Osterloh; 4. Gatekeepers of economics: the network of editorial boards in economic journals Alberto Baccini and Lucio Barabesi; Part II. The Individual Incentives of Professional Economists: 5. Can European economics compete with U.S. economics? And should it? David Colander; 6. Career patterns of economics PhDs: a decade of outcomes for the class of 1997 Wendy Stock and John Siegfried; 7. Scientific norms and the values of economists: the case of priority fights in economics Wade Hands; Part III. Challenges and Solutions: 8. Why economics is on the wrong track Deirdre McCloskey; 9. Do we try to teach our students too much? Robert Frank; 10. The perils of narrative teaching in economics Jack Vromen; 11. Academic women's careers in the social sciences Donna Ginther and Shulamit Kahn; 12. Ought (only) economists to defect? Stereotypes, identity, and the prisoner dilemma Alessandro Lanteri and Salvatore Rizzello; 13. The financial crisis and the systemic failure of academic economics David Colander, Hans Follmer, Armin Haas, Michael Goldberg, Katarina Juselius, Alan Kirman, Thomas Lux and Brigitte Sloth; Index.