Maybe more, in fact. Because without the science of finance, all other sciences are just a bunch of neat concepts. A smoothly operating financial system showers money on good ideas. Equally important, it cuts off funding to tired ideas and tired companies, so their assets can be deployed more efficiently elsewhere. The finance revolution in the past 25 years rivals the one that gave us the microchip.
Profits are more predictable because companies hedge risks.
Employee stock options align workers' interests with shareholders'. Initial public offerings are fast and easy. And people have more investment choices than there are flavors of ice cream. This is only the start. The entire economy benefits when financial rocket scientists create products that simultaneously meet the needs of those who supply capital and those who use it.