How much math should you learn in order to learn economics?
>>62597192My girlfriend is an accountant and I have her fill out the tip whenever we go out to restaurants
>>62597197I'm not referring to accounting
Highschool level math should be enough, you barely need to use differential calculus and probabilities. Knowing how to compute the Fourier series of a function is completely useless.
>>62597210You think I care what you are referring to?
>>62597309What about multivariate calculus? I glanced in some textbooks and many were full of partial derivatives
>>62597192Depends how far you want to go. If you want to be conversational in economic theory, all you need to read is the book “The Worldly Philosophers.” If you want to make all living in economics, then you’ll need to master calculus and statistics.
>>62597192wow what a great thread
>>62597352As I said, highschool level math
>>62597192Very little since economics is not a science, just a technique to create narratives
Fourier analysis is on the advanced side of math and economics.
>>62597477I never learnt about partial derivatives, gradients or Lagrange multipliers in high school, so I didn't think of that as high school level math. Is there any more "high school math" I need to know if I want to learn economics?
>>62597493How much is Fourier analysis good for in economics? The only applications I can find online seem quite niche. Are you serious or just throwing things out there?
Stochastic calculus
>>62597192You dont need any. Just schizophrenia
Cross-multiplication
>>62597192AdditionSubtractionMultiplicationDivisionFractionsPercentagesThat's literally it.
>>62597192If you already know that income should be higher than expenses, debt is usually bad, and offer/demand dictates price, you are already above other people. And miles above socialists
