Economics as Science

Cartwright, N.; Davis, J.B.

Abstract

The plan for this talk is to discuss, first, the question ‘What is science?’ I’m going to explain that the second question, ‘Does economics fit the bill?’, is hard to answer since we have no good answer to the first question. Then I shall turn to the question, ‘Does economics’ standing as a science give it special power?’ Here, I shall point out that whether its knowledge constitutes science or not, economics does have esoteric knowledge that provides it with hidden sources of power.

Citation

Cartwright, N., & Davis, J. (2016). Economics as Science. In R. Skidelsky, & N. Craig (Eds.), Who runs the economy? The role of power in economics (43-55). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58017-7_4

• Online Publication Date: Aug 31, 2016
• Publication Date: Aug 31, 2016
• Deposit Date: Aug 9, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 31, 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Pages: 43-55
• Book Title: Who runs the economy? The role of power in economics.
• ISBN: 9781137580184
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58017-7_4