>Economics is a social science, just like anthropology, archaeology, history, linguistics Unlike those sciences there's a lot of money in economics invested in

>Economics is a social science, just like anthropology, archaeology, history, linguistics Unlike those sciences there's a lot of money in economics invested in certain conclusions, though. It does not help Walmart's bottom line, for instance, if everybody stops believing that raising the minimum wage causes unemployment. There aren't equivalent controversies with money behind them like in other social sciences (and other social sciences don't get paid as much).