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“Page after page of professional economic journals are filled with mathematical formulas leading the reader from sets of more or less plausible but entirely arbitrary assumptions to precisely stated but irrelevant theoretical conclusions.” EconomicReaderPagesEconomicsFilledConclusionMathematicalAssumptionFormulasJournalIrrelevantArbitraryTheoreticalPlausible Book:Essays in Economics: Theories, Theorizing, Facts, and Policies Source: Essays in Economics: Theories, Theorizing, Facts, and Policies
“We move from more or less plausible but really arbitrary assumptions, to elegantly demonstrated but irrelevant conclusions.” MovingEconomicsConclusionAssumptionIrrelevantArbitraryPlausible Author:Wassily Leontief
