Easy way Quote by Thomas Piketty

The temptation to use mathematics is irresistible for economists. It appears to convey the appropriate air of scientific authority and precision to economists' musings.

— Paul Ormerod

“The mathematical economists have commonly been mathematicians first and economists afterward, disposed to oversimplify the data and underestimate the divergence between their premises and…

— Frank H. Knight

For far too long economists have sought to define themselves in terms of their supposedly scientific methods. In fact, those methods rely on an…

— Thomas Piketty

In short, I do not write for mathematicians, nor as a mathematician, but as an economist wishing to convince other economists that their science…

— William Stanley Jevons

“To put it bluntly, the discipline of economics has yet to get over its childish passion for mathematics and for purely theoretical and often…

— Thomas Piketty

Too large a proportion of recent "mathematical" economics are mere concoctions, as imprecise as the initial assumptions they rest on, which allow the author…

— John Maynard Keynes

We chose to do this work mathematically, which has the advantage of precision but is not always appreciated by readers. It is perhaps for…

— Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza

Mathematical economics is old enough to be respectable, but not all economists respect it. It has powerful supporters and impressive testimonials, yet many capable…

— James R Newman

“I think you have to be a mathematician to appreciate how full of shit economists are, how astrological their equations are.”

— Cory Doctorow

As there are so many who talk prose without knowing it, or, again, who syllogize without having the least idea what a syllogism is,…

— William Stanley Jevons

Modern economics is sick. Economics has increasingly become an intellectual game played for its own sake and not for its practical consequences for understanding…

— Mark Blaug

...the discipline of economics has yet to get over its childish passion for mathematics and for purely theoretical and often highly ideological speculation, at…

— Thomas Piketty