Tuesday, February 8, 2011

What is economics?

A question that is often asked is, "what is economics?"  Many answers to this question have been presented.  For example:
http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/economics/economics-science-or-art/

A recent installment that I found thought provoking was: economics is a science, an art, a competition and politics.  (note you may need a NBER subscription to access this article)
http://www.nber.org/papers/w16416 - by Harald Uhlig




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