Economics is a science, it is neither a pure science nor natural science. Rather, it is a social science, and that makes it to be concerned with the activities and affairs of man. In economics, Ends simply means human needs, wants or desire. read more
Lionel Robbins (1932) developed implications of what has been termed "[p]erhaps the most commonly accepted current definition of the subject": Economics is a science which studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses. read more