ONE of the most influential works in the field of economics is Milton Friedmanâs 1953 essay, The Methodology of Positive Economics, in which he argues that people behave as if the assumptions of neoclassical economic theory are correct, even when they are not. One of the most influential works in the field of evolutionary biology is Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontinâs 1979 paper âThe Spandrels of San Marcos and the Panglossian Paradigmâ, which argues against excessive reliance on the concept of adaptation.
A tale of two classics
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