The issue focused on how academics should describe the economic system they study, according to The Times. As part of their research, the researchers explored a number of questions relating to how scientists view the economics of theory and research that goes into the research they do. They found that scientists who describe the economics of theory as "symbolic" are more likely to describe a research methodology or theory as "sociological" or "economic." Scientists who describe research as "rhetorical" are more likely to say that