It was created after mathematics gave economics a theoretical underpinning that other social sciences lacked.

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A. in mathematics and economics from Hebrew University in Jerusalem and an M.

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Keynes was a mathematics, not economics, major at Cambridge and wrote essays for the Apostles on almost every subject but economics.

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The results they are gathering will give them new insights into game theory, that little corner of mathematics where games and economics collide, and which can be found behind everything from corporate bargaining to the 1950s arms race.

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Alfred Marshall, one of the fathers of neo-classical economics, distrusted mathematics for this very reason.

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Besides securing the brightest minds in sports management, finance, economics, information technology and mathematics, Major League Baseball would be targeting exceptional individuals with an affinity for baseball as well as the capabilities to conduct quantitative research.

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These include economics, engineering, finance and mathematics.

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