[lbo-talk] How economists rode maths to become our era's astrologers

[Bill Bartlett]

A long-winded way of saying that, like astrology, economics fails because no matter how brilliant its mathematical models it is quite unable to question its basic premises. Great history though.

Bill Bartlett
Bracknell Tas.

On 08/04/2016, at 9:10 AM, Marv Gandall <marvgand2 at gmail.com> wrote:


> Another good critique of mainstream economics as an ideologically driven pseudo-science based on “mathiness”.
> 
> https://aeon.co/essays/how-economists-rode-maths-to-become-our-era-s-astrologers
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