Does the hidden hand need to hold a stake in society?

As the father of a four year old daughter, I have been to the cinema to see the the Disney film, Tinkerbell and the Pirate Fairy .  When I t...

Finance and Mathematics: where is the ethical malaise?

This is a draft of an article that has been accepted by  The Mathematical Intelligencer  and offers an argument very similar to Romer's ...

Mathiness: not just a problem of macro-economics

I was aware of the "mathiness" discussion initiated by the macro-economist Paul Romer, but have only recently read the articles b...