La economía: ¿ciencia o algo parecido a la ciencia?

The essay raises a question: can hold, with some confidence, that economics is a science? Some reject the assertion, others do not approve and few indicate that it is a “semi-science”. The essay first reviews the elements that question the scientific status of the discipline. Then concentrated on the examination of dominant academic paradigm: Neoclassical. It is noted that this current work with a priori perspective but basically declares Popperian empiricist. Also, although is neutral and “positive” values and preferences of others, operates with a clear “should be” that, in fact, favors some groups and hurts others. In basics, this paradigm does not satisfy the canons that is supposed to satisfy a science in shape. For the author, the economy, to date, there is still a full science