Clément, Valérie; Marciano, Alain - LAboratoire Montpelliérain d'Économie Théorique et … - 2011
This paper proposes and compares different characterization of what an economic expert is — his/her role, functions and legitimacy — according to different conceptions of economics: welfarism, libertarian paternalism and positive political economy. We show that both welfarism and libertarian...