The Making of Informational Efficiency: Information Policy and Theory in Interwar Agricultural Economics
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1 janvier 2024
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- doi: 10.1215/00182702-11242749
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History of economics Agricultural economics Economics of information G - Financial Economics G - Financial Economics/G.G0 - General G - Financial Economics/G.G1 - General Financial Markets B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches/B.B4 - Economic Methodology Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics • Environmental and Ecological Economics/Q.Q1 - AgricultureSujets proches
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Thomas Delcey et al., « The Making of Informational Efficiency: Information Policy and Theory in Interwar Agricultural Economics », HAL-SHS : économie et finance, ID : 10.1215/00182702-11242749
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This article offers a historical analysis of American interwar agricultural economists and their interest in information. Believing that the main problem facing farmers was a lack of information, agricultural economists designed an information policy aiming to produce, format, and disseminate information. Using administrative archives, the article analyzes the motivations of these economists and the implementation of this policy. As the article shows, the policy was a prerequisite for theoretical discussions about information, and it established institutional tools that are still used today, such as the USDA market news service.