Economics ought to be a constructive will, not a descriptive science.

Evidence

Economics is not a science of economic reality “as it is” but is a science of reality as “men want to build it.” … Economics is not a science if it is not a practice, a will, a force that realizes itself. — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 499

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The economic order is a human creation and therefore changeable, not natural law — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism: An Intervention, 41; The economy is a constructed concept rather than a natural object. — Andrew deWaard, Derivative Media: How Wall Street…, 538; Economics functions as conflict over belief rather than objective science — Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism, 779 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• The economic order is a human creation and therefore changeable, not natural law #corroborates (0.85) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 41
• Economics actively shapes the economy rather than merely describing it #expands (0.82) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1987
• The economy is a constructed concept rather than a natural object. #corroborates (0.80) — Andrew deWaard, Derivative Media, 538
• Borrowing scientific methods has never made economics genuinely scientific #corroborates (0.78) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 481
• Economics functions as conflict over belief rather than objective science #expands (0.75) — Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism, 779
• Economic theories function as analytic engines rather than exact copies of reality. #qualifies (0.72)