The renaissance in evolutionary economics in the past two decades has brought with it a great deal of theoretical development and interdisciplinary import. Much of this has been useful, but not all of it has been commensurate. In this paper, we make the case for the limits to theoretical...

We address the question of the nature of evolutionary economics as an empirical science. We argue that economics is both a qualitative science (at the generic level) and a quantitative science (at the operational level). We map out how the generic approach provides a framework for empirical...