Artificial economics is a methodological approach rather than a paradigmatic approach. Neoclassicals, Keynesians, Marxists etc. may all benefit from
the methods of artificial economics. Surely some New Classicals have felt the
straight jacket of eg. having to assume homogeneous or representative agents,
and certainly many Keynesians have dreamt of unifying microeconomics and
macroeconomics without totally giving up on their macromodel. Artificial economics provide a toolbox fit for turning towards such fundamental problems
anew, without adopting a predetermined idea of what the answers are going
to be