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The To-Be-Expected Angst Created for Economists by Mathematics

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  • Paul A. Samuelson

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Historical evidence on how scholars have reacted to an enhanced role of mathematics in economics agrees with plausible theories about how people can be expected to react. Therefore, we should not be surprised to encounter quotations by Nobel Laureates and other eminent scholars that express criticisms of an overuse of mathematics. Such evidence has negligible power to test whether too little or too much of mathematics is employed during each period of scholarly history.

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  • Paul A. Samuelson, 1994. "The To-Be-Expected Angst Created for Economists by Mathematics," Eastern Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Association, vol. 20(3), pages 267-273, Summer.
    • Handle: RePEc:eej:eeconj:v:20:y:1994:i:3:p:267-273
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    1. Turan Yay & Huseyin Tastan, 2010. "Invisible Hand in the Process of Making Economics or on the Method and Scope of Economics," Panoeconomicus, Savez ekonomista Vojvodine, Novi Sad, Serbia, vol. 57(1), pages 61-83, March.

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    Economics; Economists;

    JEL classification:

    • A11 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Role of Economics; Role of Economists
    • A23 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Graduate

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