Written with Aurélien Saïdi (draft version with more footnotes and full references here) The 2018 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic … More
Tag: mathematics
Understanding the development of contemporary economics through major controversies : syllabus, lecture summaries and reflections
This Spring I taught a history of recent economics course to undergraduate students majoring in mathematics and economics. The syllabus … More
Mathiness in context : Richardson, Solow and Mirrlees debate the uses of math in urban economics in the 1970s
The dispute In 1973, Harry W. Richardson, a urban economist at the University of Kent, expressed concern about “some uses … More