Economics is a science. Economists employ the scientific method
to try to find answers to questions that interest them. However,
unlike many sciences, it is hard or impossible to make experiments
in economics. In physics, if one wants to know how gravity affects
an object, one could conduct an experiment where an object is
dropped and the time for object to reach the ground is measured. If
wind interferes, or if the object is significantly slowed by air
itself, then...