For more than one decade, Hayek's theory of cultural evolution has been the object of a double controversy, with scientific and philosophical aspects. What is in discussion is nothing less than the existence of inner contradictions in the work of the Austrian Nobel prize winner. Apparently...

Simplex is a geometric figure which is extensively used in economic theory. Depending on the needs of the theory, a simplex S is sometimes cut with a hyperplane H, which separates it into two parts T and T'. It may be useful to appreciate the manner in which the simplex in cut. One mode of...

La question de l'ideologie est peu debattue par les economistes. Peut-etre considerent-ils que Schumpeter l'a definitivement tranchee en affirmant qu'il suffit de mettre en exergue la "vision" d'un auteur pour pouvoir departager, dans sa pensee, ce qui est du a l'ideologie et ce qui revient a la...

La question de l'ideologie est peu etudiee par les economistes, qui preferent croire leur science immunisee contre le biais ideologique. Pourtant, il suffit de revenir auc sources de cette croyance pour redecouvrir l'inexorable dilemme lie a la conception marxienne de l'ideologie. Rien n'oblige...

This paper provides a normative appraisal of the Canadian equalization transfers system. For that sake, the two-dimensional dominance criteria introduced by Atkinson and Bourguignon(RES, 1982) are used to compare the distributions of private and public good before and after equalization...

We examine the evolution of the distributions of wealth and income in a Ramsey model in which agents differ in their initial capital endowment and where the labor supply is endogenous. The assumption that the utility function is homogeneous in consumption and leisure implies that the...