The appeal of neoclassical economics: some insights from Keynes's epistemology
从凯恩斯认识论角度解释新古典经济学为何对经济学家有强大吸引力，指出其通过封闭形式系统获得高度确定性，但凯恩斯更一般的认识论能扩展知识边界，提升经济学适用性，并建议拓宽经济学教育。
Neoclassical economics continues to hold a particularly strong appeal for economists, in spite of concerns about its internal logic and applicability to policy issues. This appeal can be understood in terms of Keynes's system of logic which established grounds for rational belief when knowledge is, in general, uncertain. Mainstream methodology limits economic theory to those elements of the economic process which can, in practice, be represented by a closed, formal system; a high degree of certainty can be achieved within those limits. Keynes's more general epistemology supports a methodology which can increase knowledge beyond those limits, and thus extend the applicability of economics. If this approach is to be pursued, economics education needs to be broadened.