The Use & Abuse of Economic Expertise
2024-11-18
Maëlle Turbide
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Economics sometimes feels like physics—so sturdy, so objective, and so immutable. At least, that is the way politicians tend to talk about economic research. Yet, behind every clean number or eye-popping graph, there is usually a rather messy story, a story shaped by values, interests, ideologies, and petty bureaucratic politics. In our new mini-series the Use and Abuse of Economic Expertise, we explore the hidden stories behind the economic ideas that shape our world.
This series has research consulting from Drs. François Claveau at Université de Sherbrooke, Jacqueline Best at the University of Ottawa, and Peter Dietsch at the University of Victoria, with additional support from Maëlle Turbide at the Université de Sherbrooke. The partnership was made possible by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (#611-2022-0451), with additional support from as Mitacs.
This content has been updated on November 21st, 2024 at 21 h 45 min.