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Peter Tatchell

Peter Tatchell is a British political campaigner known for his work in promoting gay rights and anti-racism movements. Born on January 25, 1952, he has been actively involved in political activities since the 1970s, dedicated to advocating for social justice and equality. more

“Modern economics is sick. Economics has increasingly become an intellectual game played for its own sake and not for its practical consequences for understanding the economic world. Economists have converted the subject into a sort of social mathematics in which analytical rigour is everything and practical relevance is nothing.”

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Author:Mark Blaug

“For far too long economists have sought to define themselves in terms of their supposedly scientific methods. In fact, those methods rely on an immoderate use of mathematical models, which are frequently no more than an excuse for occupying the terrain and masking the vacuity of the content.”

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Author:Thomas Piketty

“In my youth it was said that what was too silly to be said may be sung. In modern economics it may be put into mathematics.”

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Author:Ronald Coase

“Any man who is only an economist is unlikely to be a good one.”

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Author:Friedrich August von Hayek

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