False Prophets of Economics Imperialism

Introduction: economics imperialism and social science



1. Setting the scene: scientific unification through the use of mathematical models



2. True in the model versus true in the world: mathematical postulation, proof-making activities and economic theory



3. The autonomy of the world within the model: philosophical reflections on hypothetical mathematical modelling in economics



4. Marginalism as proto-imperialist move 1: Jevons and the search for enumerated principles of economic behaviour



5. Economization as proto-imperialist move 2: Robbins and the search for an analytical definition of economics



6. Maximization as proto-imperialist move 3: Samuelson and the search for operationally meaningful mathematical theorems



7. Axiomatization as proto-imperialist move 4: Arrow-Debreu and the search for economically meaningful existence theorems



Conclusion: metamathematical limits to economics imperialism

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econometrics; Arrow-Debreu theorem; history of economics; general equilibrium theory; marginalism; Homo economicus; market models; supply and demand curve; history of economic thought