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Economics claims to be a science Not really. A social science maybe. Most economics schools sit in the liberal arts departments of universities. Plenty of econ
by WillPostForFood 3y ago
Economics claims to be a science
Not really. A social science maybe. Most economics schools sit in the liberal arts departments of universities. Plenty of economists have egos big enough to talk like their work is science, but I'd challenge you to provide a modern example of an economist defending economics as an actual science.
- littlestymaar 3y ago> but I'd challenge you to provide a modern example of an economist defending economics as an actual science. Friedman is the most famous example of that, and he unfortunately managed to convince most of his kind that they were actually scientists. The few Econ PhD I know were definitely holding that view and one even compared people questioning the scientific nature of economic to anti-vaxxers.