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A Clockwork Orange

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  • André de Palma

    (Université de Cergy-Pontoise, THEMA)

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Stanley Kubrick's cult film A Clockwork Orange deals with key aspects of human life in society, including free will, the role of the State, and the status of science. The discipline of Economics, for all its faults, provides a formal framework for quantification that highlights public policy decision making. A Clockwork Orange has been surrounded by controversy, and continues to raise a critical question: What role should science play to improve and/or control the human condition? Economics is not the only discipline that participates in this debate.

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  • André de Palma, 2023. "A Clockwork Orange," THEMA Working Papers 2023-04, THEMA (THéorie Economique, Modélisation et Applications), Université de Cergy-Pontoise.
    • Handle: RePEc:ema:worpap:2023-04
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    Keywords

    Violence; gangs; behavioral economics; stimulus-response; role of the State; power; science; free will and freedom of choice.;
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    JEL classification:

    • Z11 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economics of the Arts and Literature
    • Z19 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Other
    • D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making

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