The nation of economists. Economics in the face of public power (twentieth to twenty-first centuries) Vol. 2

The nation of economists. Economics in the face of public power (twentieth to twenty-first centuries) Vol. 2
No 134, 2021/2 - 196 pages
Pages 3 to 4

Editorial

Special report. The nation of economists. Economics in the face of public power (twentieth to twenty-first centuries) Vol. 2

Pages 7 to 32

The reform, the costing, its model, and data

By Franck Bessis, Paul Cotton
Pages 33 to 58

“The French Minister of Budget raises more ideas than taxes.” Two literary prizes for economic books under the “high patronage” of the French Ministry for the Economy and Finance

By Jean-Michel Chahsiche
Pages 59 to 83

Think tanks in France, the key places for interdependencies between economists and ruling elites in policy planning

By Catherine Comet
Pages 85 to 107

From “fairness” to “capabilities.” Some remarks on the relationship between ideas and public policies

By Mathieu Hauchecorne
Pages 109 to 128

Capitalism under the pandemic. Between cyclical disruption and a structural deepening of the neoliberal logic

By Isabelle Gouarné, Mathieu Hauchecorne, Agnès Labrousse, Emmanuel Monneau, Antoine Vion
Pages 129 to 137

Toward a global historical sociology of the rise of economists to the top of the national tree

By Frédéric Lebaron

Varia

Pages 141 to 165

“From the classic scouts’ game” to… “Now it’s for real.” Initiation to activism in groups sparked by the La Manif pour tous movement

By Marie Balas

Current debate

Pages 169 to 193

Sociological collapse or the moral panic of a sociologist

By Jean-Michel Hupé, Jérôme Lamy, Arnaud Saint-Martin