尽管多条道路论很有吸引力、在符合实践经验的同时也合乎理论多元化的精神，但是“一个经济学”的提法还是受到了误导，因为它暗示只有新古典主义主流经济学才是真正的经济学。
But, while the many recipes thesis has strong appeal and empirical support, and suggests a spirit of theoretical pluralism, the claim of “one economics” is misguided, for it implies that mainstream neoclassical economics is the only true economics.