Indeed, mainstream economics is a pitifully thin distillation of historical wisdom on the topics that it addresses. It should be applied to whatever practical problems it can solve; but its tools and assumptions should always be in creative tension with other beliefs concerning human wellbeing and flourishing.
事实上，主流经济学家无非是将历史知识一点点地输入它所欲解决的问题中。它应该被用于它所能解决的所有实践问题；但它的工具和假设永远应该与关于人类福祉与繁荣的其他观念保持创造性对立。今天的学生所学习的理论不应该获得其在社会思想中的实际地位。