Members: So the question from Mary is, how does one distinguish one economics from another (neoclassical_typed_one from neoclassical_type_two)? An economics has a unique notion of value and a unique mode of procedure. Perhaps there could be two economics, each with the same notion of value and different modes of procedure. For example, neoclassical economics assumes selfish, individual satisfaction to be the maximand. John Rae assumed benevolence, rather than selfishness to be the operative motivation, and the satisfaction of both self and group to the the maximand. Some economicses focus on maximizing within given constraints. Others focus on maximizing by overcoming constraints. As for Bernard Shaw: Economics is a discipline studying how people and societies may or may not (do or do not) get the most out of life, from a materialistic point of view. Pursuit of Buddhist enlightenment is the art of getting the most out of life, and that has nothing to do with the discipline of Economics.