Rational addiction theories illustrate how absurd choice theories in economics can serve as possibly true explanations and tools for welfare analysis despite their being poorly interpreted, empirically unfalsifiable, and based on wildly inaccurate assumptions selectively justified by ad hoc stories. The lack of transparency introduced by poorly anchored mathematical models, the psychological persuasiveness of stories, and professional neglect of relevant issues are suggested as explanations for how what we perhaps should see as displays of technical skill and ingenuity are allowed to blur the lines between science and games.
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