The Deification of Mathematical Modeling

The Deification of Mathematical Modeling
Fresco depicting Moses with the Ten Commandments in the Church of Saint Maurice al Monastero Maggiore in Milan, Italy, on July 25, 2017. DRIMOROND/Shutterstock
Rev. John F. Naugle
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Many years ago, as I was finishing my BS in economics and mathematics, I was invited to help review a book for the Journal of Markets and MoralityThe book, “The Economics of Sin: Rational Choice or No Choice at All?” by Samuel Cameron, was apparently written from the perspective of an unhinged rational choice economist who would describe even adultery and cannibalism as welfare maximization in a free market. The author goes as far as to make the astounding claim that “we encounter economists serving the function of being the new secular priesthood.”
Rev. John F. Naugle
Rev. John F. Naugle
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Reverend John F. Naugle is the Parochial Vicar at St. Blaise Parish and Saint Monica Parish.
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