Economics as Science

Cartwright, N.; Davis, J.B.

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-58017-7_4

Economics as Science

Cartwright, N.; Davis, J.B.

Authors

Professor Nancy Cartwright nancy.cartwright@durham.ac.uk
Professor

J.B. Davis

Contributors

R. Skidelsky
Editor

N. Craig
Editor

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

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Cartwright N., Davis J.B. (2016) Economics as Science. In: Skidelsky R., Craig N. (eds) Who Runs the Economy?. Palgrave Macmillan, London reproduced with permission of Palgrave Macmillan. This extract is taken from the author's original manuscript and has not been edited. The definitive, published, version of record is available here: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781137580184