A Clockwork Orange

André de Palma ()
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André de Palma: Université de Cergy-Pontoise, THEMA

No 2023-04, THEMA Working Papers from THEMA (THéorie Economique, Modélisation et Applications), Université de Cergy-Pontoise

Abstract: Stanley Kubrick's cult film A Clockwork Orange deals with key aspects of human life in society, including free will, the role of the State, and the status of science. The discipline of Economics, for all its faults, provides a formal framework for quantification that highlights public policy decision making. A Clockwork Orange has been surrounded by controversy, and continues to raise a critical question: What role should science play to improve and/or control the human condition? Economics is not the only discipline that participates in this debate.

Keywords: Violence; gangs; behavioral economics; stimulus-response; role of the State; power; science; free will and freedom of choice. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D91 Z11 Z19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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