We look upon economic theory as a sequence of conceptual models that seek to express in simplified form different aspects of an always more complicated reality. (Tjalling Koopmans)

We look upon economic theory as a sequence of conceptual models that seek to express in simplified form different aspects of an always more complicated reality.

Tjalling Koopmans

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