We consider the microfoundations controversy from the perspective ofeconomic evolution and show that the debatecan benefit from lessons learned in evolutionary biology. Althoughthe analogy between biology and economics hasbeen noted before, it has rarely focused on clarifying the micro-macro...

1 Historical reviews around evolving ideas of the Invisible Hand -- 2 The historic design of the Demand Law and its reconstruction -- 3 Network analysis of production and its renewal -- 4 Matching mechanism differences between classical and financial markets -- 5 The evolution of the market and...

This unique and original work contends that, despite the differences between Marshallian and Schumpeterian thinking, they both present formidable challenges to a broad type of social science beyond economics, particularly under the influence of the German historical school. In a departure from...