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Calcul économique et démocratie : des certitudes technocratiques au tâtonnement politique

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  • Yves Crozet

    (LET - Laboratoire d'économie des transports - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - ENTPE - École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

Economic calculation and democracy. - Economic calculation, and especially cost benefit analysis (Coba), is more and more criticised and accused to be technocratic and partial, leading to a narrow view of projects. An example of this loss of credibility is the New Approach To Appraisal (NATA), implemented in Great Britain at the end of the 90': a multicriteria analysis where Coba gives only one information among many others, quantitative and qualitative. Nevertheless we don't think that we are facing an unavoidable decline of economic calculation. This paper emphasises the important role that Coba can keep within the public decision process. If we remember Keyne's and Schumpeter's points of view about the roles of forecasting and prices, economic calculation could be useful to help the emergence of collective choices, even in the controversial field of transport infrastructures.

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  • Yves Crozet, 2004. "Calcul économique et démocratie : des certitudes technocratiques au tâtonnement politique," Post-Print halshs-00069133, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00069133
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    1. Yves Crozet, 2016. "Hyper-mobilité et politiques publiques - Changer d'époque ?," Post-Print halshs-01328814, HAL.

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