Due to computing and communication facilities, formal procedures, often referred to as "algorithms", are now extensively used in public, economic and social areas. These procedures, currently at the forefront of criticisms, share some features with mechanisms as defined by economists, following...

Un large debat s'est ouvert dans les pays occidentaux pour modifier les systemes de retraite bases sur la repartition. Gravement touches par l'evolution demographique, certains leur imputent aussi des effets distortionnaires sur l'offre de travail et une desincitation a l'epargne des menages...