Economics, an Almost Social Science (or, the Foundations of Liberal Ideology in Second Order Conditions)

This is the title of the paper I presented in Paris last month.  It was written in one day, unfortunately, due to other, competing deadlines.  But it's not too bad, and it does a better job of saying in more-or-less plain language what I've been trying to say for years about what I see as a central blindness in mainstream economics.  I apologize for the lack of references; if it looks like there's an appropriate venue for this piece, I'll throw a few in.

Read and enjoy.