Expert Failure

Roger Koppl develops a theory of experts and expert failure, and illustrates his theory with wide-ranging examples, including that of state regulation of economic activity.

List of contents

1. Introduction; Part I. Nature and History of the Problem: 2. Is there a literature on experts?; 3. Two historical episodes in the problem of experts; 4. Recurrent themes in the theory of experts; Part II. Foundations of the Theory of Experts: 5. Notes on some economic terms and ideas; 6. The division of knowledge through Mandeville; 7. The division of Knowledge after Mandeville; 8. The supply and demand for expert opinion; 9. Experts and their ecology; Part III. Expert Failure: 10. Expert failure and market structure; 11. Further sources of expert failure; 12. Expert failure in the entangled deep state.

About the author

Roger Koppl is Professor of Finance in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University and a faculty fellow in the University's Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute. His work has been featured in The Atlantic, Forbes, and The Washington Post.

Summary

Roger Koppl develops a theory of experts and expert failure, and uses a wide range of examples - from forensic science to fashion - to explain the applications of his theory, including state regulation of economic activity. This book will appeal to researchers in economics, philosophy, law, science and technology studies and criminal justice.

Product details

• Authors: Roger Koppl, Roger (Fairleigh Dickinson University Usa) Koppl, Roger (Syracuse University Koppl
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781316503041
• ISBN: 978-1-316-50304-1
• No. of pages: 290
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society; Cambridge Studies in Economics; Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education