"For some queer and deplorable reason most human beings are more impressed by words than by figures, to the great disadvantage of mankind."
— Jan Tinbergen

January 1, 1970

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Members of the American Philosophical SocietyNobel laureates in EconomicsNobel laureates from the NetherlandsEconomists from the Netherlands
Original Language: English

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Jan Tinbergen. "The necessity of quantitative social research." Sankhyā: The Indian Journal of Statistics, Series B (1973): 141-148.