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disciplineisdone”;Gmodelscanincorporateawiderangeofassumptions,but
therearelimitstowhatoneisallowedtodo”;Gnotallassumptionsareequally
acceptable”;Gthegreaterthedeparturefrombenchmarkassumptions,thegreat-
ertheburdenofjustifyingandmotivatingwhythosedeparturesareneeded”;
Goneneedsinsidertrainingtobetakenseriouslyinthisprofession”,Gmodelsare
requiredfordisciplinedresearchratherthantodisplaycredentials”,etc.
InaseriesofpapersMäkihasprovidedGaframeworkintermsofwhichmany
ofRodrik,sinsightscanbeelaboratedinasystematicfashion.Thiswillenable
exposingthemtocriticalphilosophicalscrutinyandidentifyingpossibleissues
forfurtherdebateandelaborationtomakefurtherprogressinourunderstanding
ofeconomics.”(Mäki2018,p.219,italicsadded).Itsoriginalgraphic,author-ap-
provedrepresentation(Mäki2017,p.385)isvisualisedinFig.1.Mäkidescribes
hismeta-model[ModRep](Mäki2017,p.386)as:AgentAusesmulti-compo-
nentobjectMasarepresentativeof(actualorpossible)targetR,forpurposeP,
addressingaudienceE,atleastpotentiallypromptinggenuineissuesofrelevant
resemblancebetweenMandRtoarise,describingManddrawinginferences
aboutMandRintermsofoneormoremodeldescriptionsD,appliescommen-
taryCtoidentifyandcoordinatetheothercomponents,andallthistakesplace
withinacontextX.1
Figure1
Realisticmodelofsuccessandfailureineconomics
Source:Mäki(2016,2017,2018);sometextualmodificationsbytheauthorofthispaper,i.e.subscriptsin
contextXdonotappearinthisoriginalfigure.
1Forabook-lengthexpositionofMäki,sphilosophyofeconomicsseeLehtinenetal.(2012).
