For your purposes, it was probably the right choice. 

I'd say the Principle of Least Action is the best analogue, since it's what you can derive the rest of physics theory from (at least according to something someone told me), by adding in the specific parameters of our observable universe (similar to how you still need to know about endowments and such to apply econ theory).

Undisciplined

more foundational to economics than gravity is to physics. There are several other forces, after all, and most of them are stronger than gravity. Plus, physics concerns itself with where gravity comes from

I probably agree... take this as a testimony of how little I know about physics. What's a better analogy, you'd say?

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Rise and Decline of the Marginal Revolution, By Tyler Cowen — Chapter 1

denlillaapan

> more foundational to economics than gravity is to physics. There are several other forces, after all, and most of them are stronger than gravity. Plus, physics concerns itself with where gravity comes from

I probably agree... take this as a testimony of how little I know about physics. What's a better analogy, you'd say?