"Economists 'increasingly severed themselves from …disciplinary roots in philosophy, rhetoric, & politics, seeking to style themselves as scientists” …sought to leave behind the vagaries of people & politics for the clean rationalities of math & models." https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/literary-economy-on-the-routledge-companion-to-literature-and-economics/ …
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Would it make sense to say that after Newton physics sought to leave behind the vagaries of the physical world for the clean rationality of math? No, no, it would not. So neither does this make sense. Math can HELP one understand vagaries!
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