It was a good effort but the author tried to make J R McCullogh seem like a very important part of classical economics and McCullogh's impact simply doesn't show. Technically the book is written well in regards to it's economic focus and explanations, this author is a very good writer. I did find his style a bit strange in describing McCullogh's life in phases. Even though the book is written well for it's economics information, it failed to impress me that McCullogh had much of an impact on economics. He was "the first" professional economist and that is important but his actual contributions seemed to always slip into the wake of Adam Smith and David Ricardo, flipping between both of their "original thoughts". In summary, not a book that will add much to your economic knowledge but it's not a difficult read or does it take too much time to complete.