Mathematics, seemingly so precise, inevitably ends in reducing economics from the complete knowledge of general principles to arbitrary formulas which alter and distort the principles and hence corrupt the conclusions.
That’s from the great Murray N. Rothbard, who discussed the origins of the methodology of praxeology or human action from J.B. Say.
Outside the promotion of self-esteem, mathematics via econometrics and or statistics serves as intellectual cover to what is truly heuristics based biases.
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