Live and Dead Issues in the Methodology of Economics

Responding to David Dequech’s article (200X), we clarify our distinctions between the concepts of orthodox, mainstream, and heterodox economics. We agree that Dequech has pinpointed some areas where we have not been as clear as we might have been, but we suggest that in considering the fine points of the definitions, he has missed our broader message to heterodox economists, so we try to state our message a bit more explicitly