Economic advice as a vocation: symbioses of scientific and political authority

Journal article

Academic economists perform an important function in advising politicians and state bureaucrats, lending them epistemological authority.This creates a challenge of institutional design and of professional vocation, of how these experts can combine their commitment to scientific analysis with their commitment towards their governmental patrons. This article examines the case of anti-trust economics, in which government economists are encouraged to remain as academically engaged as possible, so...

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Authors: Davies, W

• Publication date: 2011-06-01