经济学不是万能的。至少,它无法预言金融危机将在何时发生。本书的作者戴维·欧瑞尔系应用数学家出身,从毕达哥拉斯的数学谈起,结合新发展出来的数学领域、系统工程、牛顿力学、统计学、心理学、伦理学等学科背景,对主流经济学及其政策应用进行了驳斥。在他看来,经济学只是对人类行为的数学表述,但 Economics is not everything. At least, it can not predict when the financial crisis will happen. David O’Rourier, the author of the book, was born of an applied mathematician, starting with the Pythagorean math and combining the newly developed fields of mathematics with systems engineering, Newtonian mechanics, statistics, psychology, ethics, etc. Disciplinary background, the mainstream economics and its policy applications were refuted. In his view, economics is just a mathematical expression of human behavior, though