In recent decades, economics has gone from defining
itself as a set of questions to defining itself as a set of methods, all based
on individuals making decisions. By doing so, it has undermined its own ability
to make progress.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/methodological-individualism-is-holding-economics-back-by-ricardo-hausmann-2021-03
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/methodological-individualism-is-holding-economics-back-by-ricardo-hausmann-2021-03