Economists: moral realists or real moralists? Comment on Fourcade and Brunetti
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Economists: moral realists or real moralists? Comment on Fourcade and Brunetti
A comparative sociologist who has spent her international career in academia—Marion Fourcade—and a practically minded academic economist with an extended stint in the Swiss government—Aymo Brunetti—offer their views on the role of economists in politics and society. Although Fourcade and Brunetti differ a lot in terms of experience and interest, their insightful and nuanced assessments of econo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2235-6282
DOI: 10.1186/s41937-017-0018-3