In a providential account of the changing relation between political economy and economics, the late nineteenth-century development of economics is identified with the rational choice model; and the revival of political economy in the late twentieth century comes with the export of this model to politics and the other social sciences. An alternative prudential account locates the revival of political economy with a significant qualification to the rational choice model. This qualification restores an eighteenth- and nineteenth-century view of rule-following to human agency. This essay sets out these accounts and draws the conclusion that the choice of one over the other matters, not least for the practice of contemporary politics.

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政治经济学和经济学之间关系的两个方面（以及为什么哪个帐户更好）

在对政治经济学和经济学之间变化关系的天意说明中，19 世纪后期经济学的发展被等同于理性选择模型。二十世纪后期政治经济学的复兴伴随着这种模式向政治学和其他社会科学的输出。另一种审慎解释将政治经济学的复兴定位于理性选择模型的重要资格。这一资格将 18 世纪和 19 世纪的规则遵循观还原为人类能动性。本文列出了这些说法，并得出结论，选择其中之一很重要，尤其是对当代政治实践而言。