Evan Jones, an Australian political economist, wrote obituary-reviews of John Kenneth Galbraith and Milton Friedman late last year - they are wonderfully written incisive critiques of the economics profession, economic theory and how the press and powers-that-be treated each economist in his lifetime, and they are brilliant histories of thought as well.
Here are the websites: http://www.australianreview.net/digest/2006/12/jones.html http://workers.labor.net.au/features/200612/c_historicalfeature_milton.html Ann Markusen Professor and Director, Project on Regional and Industrial Economics Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs University of Minnesota -- Jim Devine / "The truth is more important than the facts." -- Frank Lloyd Wright
