Against Mechanism: Protecting Economics from Science

actors actual analogy analysis analytical appropriate assertion assumption behavior capital Cartesian century chapter claim conception concerning conservation principles constrained maximization criticism defined Dewey discussion East India economic thought empiricism energetics energy equation equilibrium evolutionary ex post rational existence explain fact firm function game theory hermeneutic ibid individual inquiry institutional economics institutionalist integrability interpretation issue Jevons logical macroeconomic marginalist Marx Marx's Marxian Marxian economics mathematical McCloskey's mechanics method Million Bank Mirowski modern Morishima Nash equilibrium natural Nelson and Winter neoclassical economic theory neoclassical economists neoclassical theory neoclassicism notion object Pareto Paul Samuelson Peirce Peirce's phenomena philosophy of science physical metaphor players postulate pragmatism present value problem profit rate question rate of profit rational prices reason research program Rhetoric rules Samuelson Schotter scientific share prices Shubik Smith social structure sunspot techniques theoretical theorists thesis Thorstein Veblen tion trade utility value theory Veblen Walras Walrasian