Why do we call economics a scientific discipline

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1. Why do we call economics a scientific discipline? Explain.

2. Why are "scarcity" and "choice" central to economics?

3. Using a commonplace item such as milk explain the relationship between demand, supply and price under a capitalist economy (I do not need a chart or a graph, just explain).

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