Ben: I had to go back and re-read this essay. GREAT STUFF. Neoclassical was the name Veblen gave to the marginalists (about methods), but they rarely referred to themselves as such, ditto with neoliberal (about ideology), and all along in their darkest hearts they wanted an economics that pandered to plutocrats (so I call them neofeudal), but of course you would take exception to the historical context. You might want to turn your philosophical brain more toward Complexity Economics, for unlike mainstream it is neither pretends to be ahistorical nor apolitical (while still being a good deal more scientific). By the way. like Veblen, philosophers make the best economists in my humble opinion. Note: https://medium.com/@daneke/towards-an-economics-of-evolution-emergence-and-innovation-540ea19aa101