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Re:The Ergodicity Problem in Economics by thedudeabides5 on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @01:05PM (#21704926)
tl dr

lots of economics uses models that don't deal well the realities of time, because it makes the math a lot harder.

Dealing with the reality of time and path dependence makes the models a lot more complex, but often more accurate.

Re:The Ergodicity Problem in Economics by Gibbon1 on Thursday December 05, 2019 @12:43AM (#21710248)
> because it makes the math a lot harder.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetlight_effect