#22 Schumpeter on economics & sociology as sciences, save for the obstacle of ideology
But is economics a science?
The answer to [this] question depends of course on what we mean by ‘science’ … Only a small part of economics is ‘scientific’. Again, if we define science according to the slogan ‘Science is Measurement’, then economics is scientific in some of its parts and not in others. There should be no susceptibilities concerning ‘rank’ or ‘dignity’ about this: to…