. This need for theory arises from the status of ESS as an integrative interdiscipline—one practitioners of ESS celebrate … are ideas that take us places, not just idle speculation, and by advocating “theory across the (ESS) curriculum.” In …

methods and theory types used by scholars identifies key strengths and weaknesses of each. Different schools of heterodox … [that is, non-neoclassical] economics, as well as neoclassical economics itself, emphasize different sets of theory and … heterodox schools, like neoclassical economics itself, tend to act as if it were thought that their theory and method were …

information, • Theory is brought to bear so that the problem can be understood and analyzed, • Explanation involves … interaction between data and theory in order to make clear that which needs to be understood, • Prescription points to actions …