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Re:Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do? by grenoire on Friday January 06, 2017 @11:33AM (#13337642)
Higher education in economics quickly ramps up to using actual mathematics. Your curriculum is more in line with high school or International Baccalaureate styled diplomas, with a focus on the "old" philosophical economics.
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Re:Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do? by romgrk on Friday January 06, 2017 @11:43AM (#13337740)
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/mathematical-ec...
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Re:Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do? by fsargent on Friday January 06, 2017 @04:53PM (#13340599)
Yeah, absolutely. More of a "Home Economics" tint to it, but something I feel most people are missing in life.

I feel the math should be used to prove the philosophical points. It's rare that the math actually improves understanding without a novel hypothesis behind it.

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