. Experts and eugenics: 'science' privileges a social goal; 6. Expert judgment and Soviet growth; Part IV. An End to Discussion …: Secrecy and the Temptation to Bias: 7. Experts and the philosopher's stone: John Law's secret financial alchemy; 8. The … consequence of suppressing discussion: imprudence with biased experts; Part V. Getting the Best out of Experts: 9. A revised code …

"Economists occupy leading positions in many different sectors including central and private banks, multinational … security. Power and Influence of Economists explores the interconnected relationship between power, knowledge and influence … explore the complex and diverse methods and channels that economists have used to exert and expand their influence from …

The orthodox view of economic policy holds that public deliberation sets the goals or ends, and then experts select the … means to implement these goals. This assumes that experts are no more than trustworthy servants of the public interest …. David M. Levy and Sandra J. Peart examine the historical record to consider cases in which experts were trusted with …