To add to my response above (see "Sigh"), you think that simply stating economics is like history settles anything? There are no laws of history. Certainly we learn from it and are doomed to repeat it, but it is essentially describing things, not pointing out forces of nature that govern the universe.

In that sense history is far more like geography than economics. Knowing where mountain ranges, floodplains and political borders are is not science. Knowing where Lapland is isn't science. You can't even compare history and geography as a science to economics with a straight face.

I'd certainly rank economics a far more advanced science that other social sciences such as psychology, sociology and anthropology.

I think that should settle the question once and for all.