Traditionally, students of economics have often been told that it is a non-experimental science. Using a quantitative and qualitative analysis of introductory economics textbooks, we track the historical evolution of this rhetoric from 1970 to the present day. We find that anti-experimental...

1. Introduction -- Part I An Archeology Of Economic Science: From Physiocrats To Neoclassics -- 2. History Of Sciences And Epistemology -- 3. From Physiocratic School To Neoclassical Economy -- 4. The Different Epistemological Trajectories: From Archeology To Genealogy -- Part II Epistemological...