This article investigates the difference in measurement methods between contemporary particle physics and economics. The book Measurement in Economics: A Handbook, (Boumans, 2007), is used to present the current state of measurement technique in economics. These views are compared with the...

This article contributes to the methodological debate that is being taken up in green economics. A comparison with physics is used to argue that economics cannot be done as natural science, but must be done as social science using a set of methods tuned to the subject matter. Because of the...

This article contributes to the methodological debate that is being taken up in green economics. A comparison with physics is used to argue that economics cannot be done as natural science, but must be done as social science using a set of methods tuned to the subject matter. Because of the...