Introduction: evolutionary economic programs -- Evolution: ontological foundations -- Ontologies and heuristics -- Dualistic approaches -- Naturalistic approaches -- Remarks and reflections on Part I -- Institutions: generic heuristics -- What are institutions? -- Veblen heuristics -- Hayek heuristics -- Schumpeter heuristics -- Bourdieu heuristics -- Synthesizing heuristics with generic rules -- Remarks and reflections on Part II -- Complexity: methodological considerations -- From semantic to synthetic programming -- An agent-based model of institutional change -- Power within nethworks -- Remarks and reflections on Part III -- Policy realms -- Institutions, technology and nature -- Evolutioin of credit-rules -- Democracy in practice.