This collection of essays represents responses by over eighty scholars to an unusual request: give your high level assessment of the field of economic design, as broadly construed. Where do we come from? Where do we go from here? The book editors invited short, informal reflections expressing deeply felt but hard to demonstrate opinions, unsupported speculation, and controversial views of a kind one might not normally risk submitting for review. The contributors ¿ both senior researchers who have shaped the field and promising, younger researchers ¿ responded with a diverse collection of provocative pieces, including: retrospective assessments or surveys of the field; opinion papers; reflections on