Quantitative Methods in Economics Can Describe—but Not Explain—Events

Tags: Philosophy and Methodology, Praxeology

12/19/2020 Frank Shostak

Human action cannot be analyzed in the same way that one would analyze objects. These quantitative methods do not improve our knowledge of the driving causes in economics.

Original Article: “Quantitative Methods in Economics Can Describe—but Not Explain—Events“

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