I regard it in fact as the great advantage of the mathematical technique that it allows us to describe, by means of algebraic equations, the general character of a pattern even where we are ignorant of the numerical values which will determine its particular manifestation.
-- Friedrich August von Hayek
   
Friedrich August von Hayek   Name:
Friedrich August von Hayek
Type:
Economist
Nationality:
Austrian
Birth:
May 8, 1899
Death:
March 23, 1992
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