people think economics is a science but it doesn’t consider human nature
That’s literally the whole field of behavioral economics.
Also, economists don’t care about individual human behavior. That’s not what economics is. Economics is the study of broad trends in large populations. And for the most part, modeling these trends as people trying to maximize their own utility function is a useful tool to explain things.
Also also, the point of science is to be measureable and falsifiable so that hypotheses can be tested and disproven, making the predictions of the field more accurate over time. Economists create falsifiable hypotheses. Often they are disproven. Economics gets better at modelling the real world over time. Economics is a science.
Behavioral economics isn’t how we allocate our resources, it’s a correction of classical economics to include the human factor. The assumption that everyone is a perfectly rational profit optimizer only reflects reality insofar as we’ve codified that behavior into our laws and regulations such that shareholders can sue companies for not acting in that assumed way.
The kind of economics people take as science don’t describe human populations throughout history.
That’s literally the whole field of behavioral economics.
Also, economists don’t care about individual human behavior. That’s not what economics is. Economics is the study of broad trends in large populations. And for the most part, modeling these trends as people trying to maximize their own utility function is a useful tool to explain things.
Also also, the point of science is to be measureable and falsifiable so that hypotheses can be tested and disproven, making the predictions of the field more accurate over time. Economists create falsifiable hypotheses. Often they are disproven. Economics gets better at modelling the real world over time. Economics is a science.
“All models are wrong; some are useful.”
Behavioral economics isn’t how we allocate our resources, it’s a correction of classical economics to include the human factor. The assumption that everyone is a perfectly rational profit optimizer only reflects reality insofar as we’ve codified that behavior into our laws and regulations such that shareholders can sue companies for not acting in that assumed way.
The kind of economics people take as science don’t describe human populations throughout history.