... their whole field of inquiry is fast losing relevance.
They are using the wrong tools.
We need to turn our attention from being "economical" to being social, strengthening back the social ties which the "economic globalization" movement has torn apart
This requires a change from an optimization/maximization view which even here, is not happening yet.
Indeed, the horizon I have in mind is another 3 - 4 generations, to be frank ... at the very least. Humans have been selected to optimize / maximize for tens of thousands of generations. Let's collectively "bear with outselves" ;-)