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Not a steamroller, a 3D process: Scientization at the Bank of England

This content is not available in the selected language. This article investigates the scientization process in central banks, using the Bank of England (BoE) as a case study. Its main goal is to clarify the interactions and tensions among three dimensions of scientization: contributory, policymaking and legitimizing. To do so, we outline an ideal type […] Read more

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Six Decades of Economic Research at the Bank of England

This content is not available in the selected language. Cet article analyse la transformation du contenu, du rôle et du statut de la recherche économique à la Banque d’Angleterre au cours des soixante dernières années. Nous montrons comment trois facteurs (les fonctions et missions de la Banque en matière de politique économique, l’attitude de ses […] Read more

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The Use & Abuse of Economic Expertise

From Cited website Economics sometimes feels like physics—so sturdy, so objective, and so immutable. At least, that is the way politicians tend to talk about economic research. Yet, behind every clean number or eye-popping graph, there is usually a rather messy story, a story shaped by values, interests, ideologies, and petty bureaucratic politics. In our […] Read more

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To change or not to change. The evolution of forecasting models at the Bank of England

This content is not available in the selected language. Abstract Why do policymakers and economists within a policymaking institution choose to throw away a model and to develop an alternative one? Why do they choose to stick to an existing model? This article contributes to the literature on the history and philosophy of modelling by […] Read more

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Les banques centrales servent-elles nos intérêts?

This content is not available in the selected language. La crise financière de 2007 a ébranlé notre confiance dans la capacité des banques centrales à remplir ce qui devrait être leur seul objectif légitime : servir l’intérêt public. Cet ouvrage présente une critique précise du rôle que jouent les banques centrales dans nos sociétés et offre […] Read more