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The limits of rocket science: A critical review of David Warsh’s Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations

Warsh, David (2006), Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations: A Story of Economic Discovery, New York–London: W.W. Norton & Company

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David Warsh presents a history of the development of contemporary neoclassical economics, packaged as a heroic tale of mathematical economists struggling to expand the boundaries of human understanding by injecting ever-more-complex mathematics into economic analysis. Unfortunately, the heroic tale ends up undermining the history and vice versa.

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    John Fay

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Fay, J. The limits of rocket science: A critical review of David Warsh’s Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations. Rev Austrian Econ 22, 193–198 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11138-008-0067-z

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