Let's take the con out of mathematical economics

It has been correctly said that mathematical economics is flying high these days. So I come, not to praise mathematics, but rather to slightly debunk its use in economics. I do so out of tenderness for the subject, since I firmly believe in the virtues of understatement and lack of pretension.

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Published inComputable Foundations for Economics pp. 152 - 188
Main Author Velupillai, K. Vela
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 2010
Edition1
Subjects
Fixed Point Approach
Undecidable Disjunctions
Bolzano Weierstrass Theorem
Algorithmic Complexity Theory
Contraction Mapping Theorem
Ordinary Differential Equation
Fixed Point Problem
Rational Expectations Equilibrium
Equilibrium Price Vector
Cellular Automata
Mathematical Economics
Fixed Point Theorems
Turing Machine
Recursive Operator
Recursive Program
Recursion Theorem
Arithmetical Games
Church Turing Thesis
Partial Recursive Functions
BFPT
Prime Number Theorem
Fixed Point
Recursion Theory
Classical Recursion Theory
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ISBN0415586208
9780415586207
9780415355674
0415355672
DOI10.4324/9780203002070-6

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Summary:It has been correctly said that mathematical economics is flying high these days. So I come, not to praise mathematics, but rather to slightly debunk its use in economics. I do so out of tenderness for the subject, since I firmly believe in the virtues of understatement and lack of pretension.
ISBN:0415586208
9780415586207
9780415355674
0415355672
DOI:10.4324/9780203002070-6