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Fephisto Posted: Wed, Mar 18 2009 10:25 AM

I have recently been noticing the surprising amount of people who are/have majored in mathematics who like the Austrian School.

 

I just wanted to have a call-out, and see how many of us are there.

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scineram replied on Wed, Mar 18 2009 12:11 PM

Two.

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Solomon replied on Wed, Mar 18 2009 12:16 PM

Three.

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eliotn replied on Wed, Mar 18 2009 12:32 PM

I might major in math.

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Liars, everyone knows Austrians can't do maths.

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i majored in math

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I have a B.S. in Economics and I am finishing up a second Bachelor's in Mathematics with a concentration in Statistics.

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I'm another math major

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DBratton replied on Wed, Mar 18 2009 6:08 PM

I majored in Computer Science and Math.

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As did I.

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ladyattis replied on Wed, Mar 18 2009 6:34 PM

Any room for a non-math major that pretty much loves math anyways? Particularly Discrete Mathmatics and Set Theory?

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Steve replied on Wed, Mar 18 2009 7:19 PM

Math and Computer Science focusing on bioinformatics.

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I have a B.A. and M.S. in Mathematics and I am an actuary.

 

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scineram replied on Wed, Mar 18 2009 9:01 PM

ladyattis:

Any room for a non-math major that pretty much loves math anyways? Particularly Discrete Mathmatics and Set Theory?

 We can accomodate for that.

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It makes a lot of sense that Mathematicians are predisposed to Austrian Economics.  Mathemematic truths are deducted from postulates to form theorems.  This is rather similar to the Austrian method of deducting economic law from axioms. 

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I am interested in being an actuary. How do you like the profession?

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nje5019 replied on Thu, Mar 19 2009 11:36 AM

I picked up Math as a second major (Econ being my first).

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scineram replied on Thu, Mar 19 2009 12:02 PM

revolutionist:

It makes a lot of sense that Mathematicians are predisposed to Austrian Economics.  Mathemematic truths are deducted from postulates to form theorems.  This is rather similar to the Austrian method of deducting economic law from axioms. 

 Also easier to cut through the econometric modeling bs.

Utility functions and the like.

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Fephisto replied on Thu, Mar 19 2009 4:00 PM

Wow, a lot more response than I expected.  Let me know if any of you guys are near Purdue for a conference or something.

"Keynesianomics is a Ponzi scheme."

"You are correct in that Capitalism does not help with poverty, because it eliminates poverty altogether..."

"That wonderful strawman:  greed."

Inequality bad. Zip it!Zip it!Zip it!

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DBratton replied on Thu, Mar 19 2009 4:06 PM

ladyattis:
Any room for...  ...Discrete Mathmatics and Set Theory?

Yeah. But but if you're into that make certain you get a course in Abstract Algebra. That's the bedrock of set theory.

 

 

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