[Selections by Humberto Barreto for SHOE list.]
nep-hpe <http://nep.repec.org/nep-hpe.html> New Economics Papers
<http://nep.repec.org/> on History and Philosophy of Economics
Issue of 2022‒09‒12
papers chosen by
Erik Thomson <http://econpapers.repec.org/RAS/pth72.htm>
University of Manitoba <http://umanitoba.ca/>
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1. To be and to appear to be: Adam Smith’s response to Mandeville and
Rousseau on the problem of the moral status of self-love
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_2560201756534202206_p1> By Ivan
Sternick
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Ivan%20Sternick>
2. The Political Economy of Buchanan's Samaritan's dilemma
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_2560201756534202206_p2> By Alain
Marciano
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Alain%20Marciano>
3. Nobel students beget Nobel professors
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_2560201756534202206_p3> By Richard
S.J. Tol
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Richard%20S.J.%20Tol>
4. Authoritarian liberalism that goes through the teaching of management
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_2560201756534202206_p4> By Jean-Luc
Moriceau
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Jean-Luc%20Moriceau>
5. Markets, market algorithms, and algorithmic bias
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_2560201756534202206_p5> By van
Basshuysen, Philippe
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=van%20Basshuysen,%20Philippe>
6. Regional intelligence considered as Geoethics : a tentative research
questioning <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_2560201756534202206_p6>
By Ludovic Jeanne
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Ludovic%20Jeanne>
7. The analysis of inequality in the Bretton Woods institutions
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_2560201756534202206_p7> By Ferreira,
Francisco H. G.
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Ferreira,%20Francisco%20H.%20G.>
8. No need for society: Adam Smith’s critique of pufendorf’s summa
imbecillitas <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_2560201756534202206_p9>
By Michele Bee
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Michele%20Bee>; Ivan
Sternick
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Ivan%20Sternick>
9. Computing Bayes: From Then `Til Now
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_2560201756534202206_p10> By Gael M.
Martin
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Gael%20M.%20Martin>;
David
T. Frazier
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=David%20T.%20Frazier>
; Christian P. Robert
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Christian%20P.%20Robert>
10. Review of Margherita Zanasi, Economic Thought in Modern China:
Market and Consumption, c.1500–1937, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
2020, 252 pages, ISBN: 978-1-108-49993-4.
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_2560201756534202206_p11> By Jiarui
Wu <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Jiarui%20Wu>
11. Market paternalism: Do people really want to be nudged towards
consumption?
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_2560201756534202206_p12> By Braganza,
Oliver
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Braganza,%20Oliver>
12. Private governance and public governance: An attempt at theoretical
and interdisciplinary rapprochement
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_2560201756534202206_p13> By Mohamed
Ech-Chebany
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Mohamed%20Ech-Chebany>
; Anas Hattabou
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Anas%20Hattabou>; Adil
Ouatat <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Adil%20Ouatat>
13. The end of motivational theories (part 1): critical and open
questioning of the scientific claim of these theories
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_2560201756534202206_p14> By Mathias
Naudin
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Mathias%20Naudin>
14. Growth, Degrowth or Post-growth? Towards a synthetic understanding
of the growth debate
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_2560201756534202206_p15> By Xhulia
Likaj <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Xhulia%20Likaj>
; Michael Jacobs
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Michael%20Jacobs>; Thomas
Fricke
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Thomas%20Fricke>
15. In memory of Basil Selig Yamey 1919-2020
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_2560201756534202206_p16> By Macve,
Richard
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Macve,%20Richard>
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1. To be and to appear to be: Adam Smith’s response to Mandeville and
Rousseau on the problem of the moral status of self-love
<http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:cdp:texdis:td643>
By: Ivan Sternick
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Ivan%20Sternick>
(CEDEPLAR/UFMG)
Abstract: This paper defends the hypothesis that Smith’s theory of
sympathy and the impartial spectator was developed as a response to the
problem of the moral status of sociability founded on self-love, as
bequeathed by the selfish anthropology advocated by Mandeville and
denounced by Rousseau. Differently from those who see complete opposition
in the relationship between Smith and Rousseau, this means that the former
agrees with the latter’s criticism of Mandeville’s anthropology.
Nevertheless, it is argued that, in Smith’s view, Rousseau was wrong to
incorporate a Mandevillian-inspired psychology into his description of the
workings of modern society, since it does not correctly explain human
behavior and interaction. In this sense, the often emphasized sympathies of
Smith for Rousseau’s criticisms of commercial society should be mitigated,
inasmuch as the latter are founded on a mostly mistaken view of the
principle of sociability based on self-love.
Keywords: Adam Smith; Sociability; Self-love; Commerce; Jean-Jacques
Rousseau; Bernard Mandeville.
JEL: B10 B11 B12
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?jel=B10%20B11%20B12>
Date: 2022–08
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cdp:texdis:td643&r=
2. The Political Economy of Buchanan's Samaritan's dilemma
<http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03683855>
By: Alain Marciano
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Alain%20Marciano> (MRE
- Montpellier Recherche en Economie - UM - Université de Montpellier, UM -
Université de Montpellier)
Abstract: Written by James Buchanan in the early 1970s, "The Samaritan's
Dilemma" is a pessimistic essay, marked by his author's negative views
about the situation in Western societies at that time. Yet, the situation
described in this essay also fits into Buchanan's approach of cooperation
and free-riding. Put differently, it is perfectly with Buchanan's views in
public economics. This is what we aim at showing in this short article. Our
demonstration develops in two parts. First, we show that Buchanan's main
argument about cooperation in the provision of public goods or removal of
externalities necessarily leads to situations such as the one described in
the Samaritan's dilemma. Second, we show that Buchanan did not take the
situation seriously until the end of the 1960s, a few years before he wrote
his essay on the dilemma.
Keywords: Buchanan,samaritan's
dilemma,cooperation,exploitation,numbers,public goods,externalities
Date: 2022
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03683855&r=
3. Nobel students beget Nobel professors
<http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:sus:susewp:0322>
By: Richard S.J. Tol
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Richard%20S.J.%20Tol>
(Department
of Economics, University of Sussex, BN1 9SL Falmer, United Kingdom)
Abstract: It is unclear whether the hierarchy in the economics
profession is the result of the agglomeration of excellence or of nepotism.
I construct the professor-student network for laureates of and candidates
for the Nobel Prize in Economics. I study the effect of proximity to
previous Nobelists on winning the Nobel Prize. Conditional on being
Nobel-worthy, students and grandstudents of Nobel laureates are not
significantly more or less likely to win. Professors of Nobel Prize
winners, however, are significantly more likely to win.
Keywords: network formation, research training, Nobel prize
JEL: A14 D85 Z13
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?jel=A14%20D85%20Z13>
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:sus:susewp:0322&r=
4. Authoritarian liberalism that goes through the teaching of management
<http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-03736848>
By: Jean-Luc Moriceau
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Jean-Luc%20Moriceau>
(IMT-BS
- Institut Mines-Télécom Business School - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom
[Paris], LITEM - Laboratoire en Innovation, Technologies, Economie et
Management (EA 7363) - UEVE - Université d'Évry-Val-d'Essonne - Université
Paris-Saclay - IMT-BS - Institut Mines-Télécom Business School - IMT -
Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris])
Abstract: Authoritarian liberalism that goes through the teaching of
management Abstract : Grégoire Chamayou's book, La Société ingouvernable,
can only leave us intranquil. We read it as an invitation to realize that,
in what we write and transmit, there are many ideas and arguments of
neoliberalism that we must learn to decipher. This was well known for
theories such as the agency theory or financial optimization, but more
troublingly, the book uncovers them at work, for example, in the dialogue
with stakeholders. The consequences of such authoritarian liberalism act
far beyond the economic domain: they imprint subjectivities and forms of
life, they increase inequalities and inequities. Let's not underestimate
these effects. Let's ask ourselves what we can do to prevent them from
passing through us.
Abstract: Le livre de Grégoire Chamayou, La Société ingouvernable, ne
peut que laisser intranquille. Nous le lisons comme une invitation à nous
rendre compte que, dans ce que nous écrivons et transmettons, se glissent
incognito nombre idées et arguments du néolibéralisme. Il nous faut
apprendre à les décrypter. On le savait pour des théories comme celles de
l'agence ou liées à l'optimisation financière mais, plus troublant, le
livre les montre à la manœuvre par exemple dans le dialogue avec les
parties-prenantes. Les conséquences d'un tel libéralisme autoritaire
agissent bien au-delà de la sphère économique : elles impriment les
subjectivités et les formes de vie, elles accroissent inégalités et
iniquités. Ne sous-estimons pas ces effets. Demandons-nous que faire pour
qu'il ne passe pas par nous.
Keywords: Authoritarian liberalism,neoliberalism,management
education,stakeholder theory,Libéralisme
autoritaire,Néolibéralisme,Enseignement de la gestion,Théorie des
parties-prenantes
Date: 2022–07–20
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-03736848&r=
5. Markets, market algorithms, and algorithmic bias
<http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:ehl:lserod:115694>
By: van Basshuysen, Philippe
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=van%20Basshuysen,%20Philippe>
Abstract: Where economists previously viewed the market as arising from
a ‘spontaneous order’, antithetical to design, they now design markets to
achieve specific purposes. This paper reconstructs how this change in what
markets are and can do came about and considers some consequences. Two
decisive developments in economic theory are identified: first, Hurwicz’s
view of institutions as mechanisms, which should be designed to align
incentives with social goals; and second, the notion of marketplaces –
consisting of infrastructure and algorithms – which should be designed to
exhibit stable properties. These developments have empowered economists to
create marketplaces for specific purposes, by designing appropriate
algorithms. I argue that this power to create marketplaces requires a shift
in ethical reasoning, from whether markets should reach into certain
spheres of life, to how market algorithms should be designed. I exemplify
this shift, focusing on bias, and arguing that transparency should become a
goal of market design.
Keywords: markets; algorithms; market design; bias; transparency; T&F
deal
JEL: J1 <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?jel=J1>
Date: 2022–08–01
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ehl:lserod:115694&r=
6. Regional intelligence considered as Geoethics : a tentative research
questioning <http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03735853>
By: Ludovic Jeanne
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Ludovic%20Jeanne> (Métis
Lab EM Normandie - EM Normandie - École de Management de Normandie)
Abstract: The article aims to bring together three fields of different
nature and origins: the epistemological field of geoethics, the
philosophical field of moral philosophy and the praxeological field of
"economic intelligence" and its territorial implementations.Indeed, the
French School of Economic Intelligence, particularly the stream of
"territorial economic intelligence", has an ethical dimension that can be
highlighted, although it has remained largely latent. This is undoubtedly
one of the originalities of the French approach.By linking the modes of
categorization derived from geoethics and moral philosophy, it is proposed
to redefine territorial EI -on a praxeological level -as a prescriptive
geoethics. The aim is to contribute to the effort undertaken by other
authors and actors to give meaning to EI/EIT/IT to a plurality of economic
actors, from businesses to citizens to communities and the state. It is
through this construction of meaning that the EIT/IT could become a more
shared praxeology.
Abstract: L'article a pour objectif de faire se rencontrer trois champs
de nature et d'origines différentes: le champ épistémologique de la
géoéthique, le champ philosophique de la philosophie morale et le champ
praxéologique de l'intelligence économique et de ses déclinaisons
territoriales. En effet l'Ecole française d'intelligence économique,
notamment le courant de l'«intelligence économique territoriale», a un
contenu éthique qui peut être mis en évidence, bien qu'il soit resté
largement tacite. C'est pourtant sans doute l'une des originalités de
l'approche française. En mettant en relation les modes de catégorisation
issus de la géoéthique et de la philosophie morale, il est proposé
d'envisager l'IE territoriale -sur un plan praxéologique -comme une
géoéthique prescriptive. Il s'agit de contribuer à l'effort entrepris par
d'autres auteurs et d'autres acteurs pour donner sens àl'intelligence
économique/intelligence économique territoriale/intelligence territoriale
(IE/IET/IT) pour une pluralité d'acteurs économiques, allant des
entreprises aux citoyens en passant par les collectivités et l'État. C'est
par cette construction de sens que l'intelligence économique
territoriale/intelligence territoriale pourrait devenir une praxéologie
mieux partagée.
Keywords: Territorial economic intelligence,Geoethics,Economic
decision,Values,Economic citizenship,Intelligence économique
territoriale,Géoéthique,Décision économique,Valeurs,Citoyenneté économique.
Date: 2022–03–24
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03735853&r=
7. The analysis of inequality in the Bretton Woods institutions
<http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:ehl:lserod:116018>
By: Ferreira, Francisco H. G.
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Ferreira,%20Francisco%20H.%20G.>
Abstract: This paper assesses the evolution of thinking, analysis, and
discourse about inequality in the World Bank and the International Monetary
Fund since their inception in 1944, on the basis of bibliometric analysis,
a reading of the literature, and personal experience. Whereas the Fund was
largely unconcerned with economic inequality until the 2000s but has shown
a rapidly growing interest since then, the Bank’s approach has been
characterized by ebbs and flows, with five different phases being apparent.
The degree of interest in inequality in the two institutions appears to be
largely determined by the prevailing intellectual profile of the topic in
academic research, particularly in economics, and by ideological shifts in
major shareholder countries, propagated downward internally by senior
management. Data availability, albeit partly endogenous, also plays a role.
Looking ahead, Bank and Fund researchers continue to have an important role
to play, despite a much more crowded field in inequality research. I
suggest that this role involves holding firm to an emphasis on inequality
“at the bottom” and highlight four themes that may deserve special
attention.
Keywords: inequality; World Bank; IMF; Bretton Woods institutions
JEL: B29 D30 O19
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?jel=B29%20D30%20O19>
Date: 2022–08
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ehl:lserod:116018&r=
8. No need for society: Adam Smith’s critique of pufendorf’s summa
imbecillitas <http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:cdp:texdis:td644>
By: Michele Bee
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Michele%20Bee>
(CEDEPLAR/UFMG); Ivan Sternick
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Ivan%20Sternick>
(CEDEPLAR/UFMG)
Abstract: The Scottish Enlighteners saw in Pufendorf the idea of a
pre-government need-based sociability. This idea stemmed from a picture of
the human condition as naturally destitute and powerless. Sociability
therefore arose from the perception of the advantages given by cooperation
and mutual assistance in overcoming this natural inability to provide for
one’s own needs. Human beings became sociable through their self-love,
understood as the interest in self-preservation. The idea of a principle of
sociability independent of government was also crucial to Adam Smith’s
conception of society. However, Smith sought to revise Pufendorf’s premises
on human nature. Following Hutcheson, he considered them too close to
Hobbes’ selfish system. As this article intends to show, for Smith
sociability did not arise from need for the assistance of others, as it is
often said, but from the desire for deserved esteem.
Keywords: Sociability; Division of Labour; Needs; Adam Smith; Samuel
Pufendorf
JEL: B10 B11 B12
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?jel=B10%20B11%20B12>
Date: 2022–08
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cdp:texdis:td644&r=
9. Computing Bayes: From Then `Til Now
<http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:msh:ebswps:2022-14>
By: Gael M. Martin
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Gael%20M.%20Martin>;
David
T. Frazier
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=David%20T.%20Frazier>
; Christian P. Robert
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Christian%20P.%20Robert>
Abstract: This paper takes the reader on a journey through the history
of Bayesian computation, from the 18th century to the present day.
Beginning with the one-dimensional integral first confronted by Bayes in
1763, we highlight the key contributions of: Laplace, Metropolis (and,
importantly, his coauthors!), Hammersley and Handscomb, and Hastings, all
of which set the foundations for the computational revolution in the late
20th century -- led, primarily, by Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC)
algorithms. A very short outline of 21st century computational methods --
including pseudo-marginal MCMC, Hamiltonian Monte Carlo, sequential Monte
Carlo, and the various `approximate' methods -- completes the paper.
Keywords: History of Bayesian computation, Laplace approximation,
Metropolis-Hastings algorithm, importance sampling, Markov chain Monte
Carlo, pseudo-marginal methods, Hamiltonian Monte Carlo, sequential Monte
Carlo, approximate Bayesian methods
Date: 2022
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:msh:ebswps:2022-14&r=
10. Review of Margherita Zanasi, Economic Thought in Modern China:
Market and Consumption, c.1500–1937, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
2020, 252 pages, ISBN: 978-1-108-49993-4.
<http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03727085>
By: Jiarui Wu
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Jiarui%20Wu> (Zhongke
Tongfa Institute of Economic and Social Research)
Date: 2022–07–19
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03727085&r=
11. Market paternalism: Do people really want to be nudged towards
consumption? <http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:zbw:ifsowp:23>
By: Braganza, Oliver
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Braganza,%20Oliver>
Abstract: Modern societies, almost unequivocally, pursue the goal of
economic growth. The central normative reason for this has recently been
called the 'consumerist claim', namely the standard economic claim that
increases in consumption (i.e. growth), by and large entail welfare
increases. However, the consumerist claim does not take account of
behavioral economics. Specifically, it disregards that consumption
increases can also be achieved by nudging, as practiced e.g. in marketing
or advertising. Remarkably, proponents of the consumerist claim are often
vocal critics of governmental nudging, which is decried as manipulative and
paternalistic, but are simultaneously dismissive or apologetic about
market-derived nudging. Here we argue, that in light of behavioral
economics Adam Smiths 'invisible hand' will often produce outcomes as if it
belonged to an 'invisible paternalist', who systematically and efficiently
nudges individuals towards ever increasing consumption. Specifically, we
develop the notion of 'market paternalism' (MP), based on a synthesis of
behavioral and evolutionary economic reasoning. MP entails three central
properties: First, unregulated markets naturally give rise to pervasive
nudges, modifying our behavior, preferences and beliefs in ways beyond our
conscious awareness and control. Second, these nudges will coalesce towards
an emergent system-level end, that cannot be derived from any coherent
notion of individual preferences. Third, MP operates in part by a cultural
evolutionary mechanism, implying that it will occur with computational and
coordinative power far beyond any individual (or government). To assess the
potential practical relevance of MP, we survey the literature, finding
clear evidence that MP drives or exacerbates numerous pressing societal
problems, including rampant obesity, mass surveillance and the climate
crisis. It does so by covertly and incessantly nudging not only our
behavior, but also our preferences, values and beliefs towards the single
goal of increasing consumption. The surprising consequence is that, in
light of behavioral economics, unregulated markets should be expected to
systematically subvert individual autonomy and rationality, the very values
typically invoked to defend the consumerist claim.
Date: 2022
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:ifsowp:23&r=
12. Private governance and public governance: An attempt at theoretical
and interdisciplinary rapprochement
<http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03749792>
By: Mohamed Ech-Chebany
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Mohamed%20Ech-Chebany>
(Université
Ibn Zohr [Agadir]); Anas Hattabou
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Anas%20Hattabou>
(Université
Ibn Zohr [Agadir]); Adil Ouatat
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Adil%20Ouatat> (USMS
- Université Sultan Moulay Slimane)
Abstract: A history of research on governance would show that the first
theoretical works on this concept were developed in the early 1930s,
essentially within Anglo-Saxon managerial firms. It follows then that
governance, since its appearance in the theoretical literature, is part of
a perspective of regulation of the behavior of leaders and the definition
of the rules of the managerial game. However, the findings of Berle and
Means (1932) only confirmed older literature, widely answered in political
science, which deals with the governance of political leaders. Thus,
whether it is a question of addressing the relationship between the rulers
and the people (public governance) or between the leaders and the
shareholders (private governance), the problem always falls within the
field of governance. In reality, these interdisciplinary connections are
not surprising since governance itself is defined as being a system of
regulation of the managerial game which implicitly induces an institutional
dimension, natural in political science, law and sociology, and which in
economics has experienced a real revival of interest with the emergence of
the neo-institutionalist current, in particular the approach of (North,
1990a). It is indeed this intertwining that constitutes what governance
researchers call National Systems of Governance (NGS) or "global
governance" or even "culture of governance". This research aims to present
the different theories of governance that make it possible to understand
this intertwining between private and public governance.
Abstract: Un historique des recherches sur la gouvernance montrerait que
les premiers travaux théoriques sur ce concept ont été développés au début
des années trente, pour l'essentiel, au sein des firmes managériales
anglo-saxonnes. Il en résulte alors, que la gouvernance depuis son
apparition dans la littérature théorique s'inscrit dans une perspective de
régulation du comportement des dirigeants et de la définition des règles du
jeu managérial. Cependant, les conclusions de Berle et Means (1932) ne
faisaient que confirmer une littérature plus ancienne, largement répondue
dans les sciences politiques, qui traite de la gouvernance des dirigeants
politiques. Ainsi, soit qu'il s'agisse d'aborder la relation entre les
gouvernants et le peuple (gouvernance publique) ou entre les dirigeants et
les actionnaires (gouvernance privée), le problème relève toujours du champ
de la gouvernance. En réalité, ces rapprochements interdisciplinaires ne
sont pas surprenants, du moment où la gouvernance elle-même se définit
comme étant un système de régulation du jeu managérial qui induit
implicitement une dimension institutionnelle, naturelle en sciences
politiques, en droit et en sociologie, et qui en sciences économiques a
connu un réel regain d'intérêt avec l'émergence du courant
néo-institutionnaliste, en particulier l'approche de (North, 1990a). C'est
en effet cette imbrication qui constitue ce que les chercheurs en
gouvernance appellent les Systèmes Nationaux de Gouvernance (SNG) ou bien «
gouvernance globale » ou encore « culture de gouvernance ». L'objectif de
cette recherche est de présenter les différentes théories de la gouvernance
qui permettent d'appréhender cette imbrication qui existe entre la
gouvernance privée et la gouvernance publique.
Keywords: Private governance,public governance,disciplinary
approach,efficiency paradigm,North's approach,Gouvernance
privée,gouvernance publique,approche disciplinaire,paradigme
d’efficience,approche de North
Date: 2022
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03749792&r=
13. The end of motivational theories (part 1): critical and open
questioning of the scientific claim of these theories
<http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03721139>
By: Mathias Naudin
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Mathias%20Naudin> (CEDAG
(URP_1516) - Centre de droit des affaires et de gestion - UPCité -
Université Paris Cité)
Abstract: How do theories of motivation fit into a research movement
that claims to be scientific? For a theory to be relevant and interesting,
it must be able to give a better account of the world, to make it more
intelligible and understandable, and ideally it must enable us to interact
with it better. The central concept of the theory must meet the same
expectations. On what elements are those theories based? What observations?
What ontological, dialectical, epistemological and phenomenological
foundations and postures? What doxography? What demonstrations? Have the
research methods been adapted to the research object or subject? Are there
tangible results that allow the founding hypotheses to be held true and
justify the practical interest of these theories? Our aim is to question
theories of motivation (in the sense of Husserl, 1962), i.e., in a certain
way, to see what might be behind the mirror of false pretenses and fine
speeches, and to better identify the historical genesis and methodical
approaches on which these theories are based. Through this first part of
our interrogation, we question and expose the fragility and 'scientific'
flaws of motivation theories. From a scientific point of view, theories of
motivation appear to be based on an empirical-formal vision without any
empirical basis and an ignorance of the unconscious and of hermeneutic
approaches that seek to shed light on the meaning of human behaviour; this
may raise questions when we are interested in motivation. They appear to be
solely projective, focusing on the instrumental transformation of an
ignored life and reified individuals. In so doing, they participate fully
in a social movement of freely consented submission of the working masses
to the service of an economic growth with relatively unevenly distributed
benefits.
Abstract: De quelle manière les théories de la motivation
s'inscrivent-elles dans un mouvement de recherche qui se veut scientifique
? Pour qu'une théorie soit pertinente et intéressante, elle doit permettre
de mieux rendre compte du monde, de le rendre plus intelligible et
compréhensible, et idéalement elle doit nous permettre de mieux interagir
avec lui. Le concept central de la théorie doit répondre aux mêmes
attentes. Sur quels éléments ces théories se fondent-elles ? Quelles
observations ? Quels fondements et postures ontologique, dialectique,
épistémologique et phénoménologique ? Quelle doxographie ? Quelles
démonstrations ? Les méthodes de recherche ont-elles été adaptées à l'objet
ou au sujet de recherche ? Des résultats tangibles permettent-ils de tenir
pour vraies les hypothèses fondatrices et de justifier l'intérêt pratique
de ces théories ? Notre propos va consister à questionner-en-retour (au
sens de Husserl, 1962) les théories de la motivation, c'est-à-dire, d'une
certaine manière, à aller voir ce qu'il pourrait y avoir derrière le miroir
des faux semblants et beaux discours, et de mieux cerner la genèse
historique et les approches méthodiques qui fondent ces théories. A travers
ce premier volet d'interrogations, nous mettons au jour la fragilité et des
failles « scientifiques » des théories de la motivation. D'un point de vue
scientifique, les théories de la motivation s'avèrent en effet reposer sur
une vision empirico-formelle sans empirie et une ignorance de l'inconscient
et des approches herméneutiques qui cherchent à éclairer le sens des
comportements humains; ce qui peut poser question lorsque l'on s'intéresse
à la motivation. Elles apparaissent uniquement projectives, portant sur la
transformation instrumentale d'une vie ignorée et d'individus réifiés. Ce
faisant, elles participent pleinement à un mouvement social de soumission
librement consentie des masses laborieuses au service d'une croissance
économique aux bénéfices relativement inégalement répartis.
Keywords: motivation,theories of motivation,Epistemology,Epistemology of
management sciences,Phenomenology,Critical management studies CMS,critique
des sciences de gestion,management,critique du
management,Motivation,Motivation autodéterminée,Théorie de la
motivation,épistémologie,épistémologie des sciences de
gestion,Phénoménologie
Date: 2021–06–04
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03721139&r=
14. Growth, Degrowth or Post-growth? Towards a synthetic understanding
of the growth debate <http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:agz:bpaper:2202>
By: Xhulia Likaj
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Xhulia%20Likaj> (Forum
New Economy); Michael Jacobs
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Michael%20Jacobs>
(University
of Sheffield (SPERI)); Thomas Fricke
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Thomas%20Fricke> (Forum
New Economy)
Abstract: Arguments about the possibility and desirability of
exponential economic growth have animated the environmental movement for
half a century, since the publication of the Club of Rome report The Limits
to Growth in 1972. The debate has been revived in recent years as the
climate crisis has reached centre-stage. This paper seeks to unpick the
different strands in the debate and the different kinds of arguments -
philosophical, empirical, and policy-prescriptive - used by different
writers and institutions. It suggests that the contemporary debate is best
understood as a disagreement between political strategies, in which the
character of public and academic discourse plays a key role.
Keywords: economic growth, green growth, degrowth, post-growth,
wellbeing, GDP
JEL: O4 O44 Q56
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?jel=O4%20O44%20Q56>
Date: 2022–05
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:agz:bpaper:2202&r=
15. In memory of Basil Selig Yamey 1919-2020
<http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:ehl:lserod:108631>
By: Macve, Richard
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Macve,%20Richard>
JEL: M40 <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?jel=M40>
Date: 2021–02–17
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ehl:lserod:108631&r=
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