Evaluating a Critique of 'Pure' Economic Modeling
An economist argues: "A model of the labor market that only includes variables like the number of available jobs and the size of the workforce, while ignoring factors like worker morale, negotiation tactics, and historical labor-management relations, is fundamentally flawed. It misses the essential human elements that drive real-world wage and employment outcomes."
Critique this economist's statement from the perspective of a theorist aiming to build a 'pure' economic theory that emulates the physico-mathematical sciences. In your response, explain why such a theorist would deliberately exclude the 'human elements' and what they would argue is the primary goal or benefit of their more abstract approach.
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