Do you believe that , in general, price goes up, quantity demanded goes down?
Check and mate.
Hey look a troll. Both a strawman and a non-sequitur.
Also, I don’t think you meant “in general”, but, “all else equal”
Yeah, definite straw man:
Austrians are against induction, not deduction.
Read ‘‘Economic Science and the Austrian Method’’ by Hans Hermann Hoppe. It will provide you with much needed clarification of the Austrian Method.
Hey, watch me, I can make straw men too:
"to those who oppose the mathematization of romantic relationships:
Do you agree that buying a girl a 10 day vacation in Hawaii will make her happier than a half-day getaway to Hawaii?
Check and mate."
Claudius,
Have you ever talked to an Austrian who disagrees with what you said? Mises, Hayek, Rothbard, Hoppe, Woods, Murphy, Hazlitt, AND EVERY OTHER AUSTRIAN ANTI-MATHEMATICAL ECONOMIST I CAN THINK OF argue/argued that this was a central economic LAW. So all of these people who oppose the mathematization of economics disagreed, but you, you, a random person on the internet have disproven this by pointing at something that can be found in the works of all these economists?
I came to this thread expectant. Epic failure.
Actually, buying a girl a half-day getaway to Hawaii will make her much, much happier than a 10 day vacation. You just have to make sure that her time in Hawaii is completely miserable. Oh, and don’t put vodka in the freezer where she can get her hands on it and crack you on the head when you’re not looking. Trust me on this one.
Can I castle at this point?
But then wouldn’t prices reflect this decrease in utility?
To me, the main problem seems to be using mathematics to be prescriptive rather than descriptive. I see utility in descriptive mathematics in economics, but it’s a fallacy to think it proves anything. To me, human action should be the starting point.