Cartwright, N. and Davis, J.B. (2016) 'Economics as science.', in Who runs the economy? The role of power in economics. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 43-55.
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.
| Item Type: | Book chapter |
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| Full text: | (AM) Accepted Manuscript Download PDF (290Kb) |
| Status: | Peer-reviewed |
| Publisher Web site: | https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58017-7_4 |
| Publisher statement: | 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 |
| Date accepted: | No date available |
| Date deposited: | 04 July 2018 |
| Date of first online publication: | 31 August 2016 |
| Date first made open access: | 31 August 2019 |
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