Is Economics a Natural Science?

Advocates of a more socially responsible discipline of economics often emphasize the purposive and unpredictable nature of human economic behavior, contrasting this to the presumably deterministic behavior of natural forces. This essay argues that such a distinction between “social” and “natural” sc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Julie A. Nelson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cosmos and History Publishing Co-op. 2006-01-01
Series:Cosmos and History : the Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy
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Online Access:http://www.cosmosandhistory.org/index.php/journal/article/view/16