Economics has been flooded with physics-derived saviors, not starved of science

Evidence

It is thus not such a stretch that, for instance, Paul Krugman became an economist because he had fallen in love with science fiction as a child. So, if anything, economics has suffered a surfeit of saviors (and their theories) transported from the natural sciences: the real question should be, why should we expect things to work out any better this time around? — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 480

Categorization

• XREF: Builds on the book’s earlier chapters on neoclassical economics’ imitation of physics and on the ‘phymates’ / econophysics literature. — connects to: Economists’ appeals to science deflected attention from their own failure — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 483; Economics functions as conflict over belief rather than objective science — Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism, 779
• CANDY: Krugman plus science fiction as his origin story is a tweetable nugget for economics and sci-fi people alike.

Broader Connections

• Economists’ appeals to science deflected attention from their own failure #exemplifies (0.85) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 483
• Economics functions as conflict over belief rather than objective science #corroborates (0.75) — Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism, 779