Mandelbrot’s challenge to economics’ math basis drew historians’ attention

Evidence

The proponent of wildness versus mildness was Benoit Mandelbrot. His challenge to the mathematical foundations of much of modern economics was so fundamental that unlike most of the topics discussed in this book it has attracted the attention of historians of economics, notably Philip Mirowski (1989, 1990, 1995) and Esther-Mirjam Sent (1998, 1999). — Donald MacKenzie, An Engine, Not a Camera, 466

Categorization

• XREF: Links to Mirowski’s work on the foundations of neoclassical economics, a natural companion for the performativity thesis.