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by joshwd 4642 days ago

    capital: 30 mentions
    investment: 5 mentions
    wages: 10 mentions
I'd say the specific topics covered (macro questions like optimal savings, optimal taxation, etc) are what makes it an economics text, although you're right that much of the technical topics covered are applications of non-econ-specific algorithms and modeling techniques.