While more on the relationship between the 17th C Dutch tulip bubble 
and social perceptions generally than on economic thought 
specifically, Anne Goldgar's _Tulipmania: Money, Honor, and Knowledge 
in the Dutch Golden Age_ (U. of Chicago Press, 2007) comes to mind in 
response to David Colander's query.

Also, Mary Poovey's recent book, _Genres of the Credit Economy_ (U. 
of Chicago Press, 2008) which provides the perspective of a 
post-modern literary critic on the interaction between financial 
crises and economic thinking in 18th and 19th C Britain.


David Mitch