There’s a chance I’m doing this a great disservice, but this whole site and subject seems to scream pseudoscience.
It seems largely pushed by one guy - Ole Peters. It seems he created the Wikipedia page on this subject. His research is done under the umbrella of the authoritative sounding “London Mathematical Laboratory”, which he founded.
It makes giant claims, like the headline here which seems intended to be read as “mathematics proves collectivism is best” - and yet offers little empirical evidence beyond saying that an abstract mathematical model can tell us something about the real world. Spherical horses and all that.
It even pulls the classic pseudoscience manoeuvre of positioning itself against “mainstream economics”.
It seems largely pushed by one guy - Ole Peters. It seems he created the Wikipedia page on this subject. His research is done under the umbrella of the authoritative sounding “London Mathematical Laboratory”, which he founded.
It makes giant claims, like the headline here which seems intended to be read as “mathematics proves collectivism is best” - and yet offers little empirical evidence beyond saying that an abstract mathematical model can tell us something about the real world. Spherical horses and all that.
It even pulls the classic pseudoscience manoeuvre of positioning itself against “mainstream economics”.
Crank until proven otherwise IMHO.
Edit: looks like it’s not just me: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2306.03275.pdf
Edit 2: he has a Twitter account where he rails against mainstream economics. He’s a physicist.