Vision and Analysis According to Robert Heilbroner

According to Robert Heilbroner, there is no disinterested analysis. Every economist relies on a vision, a “pre-analytic cognitive act” (Joseph Schumpeter). Thus, the crisis of the conventional economy is a crisis of vision. Heilbroner defines this conception of hermeneutics. According to us, his work on worldly philosophers played a decisive role in the development of this hermeneutic conception.