Democracy is a good in itself ; but it also has a role to play in the economy to encourage innovation and materialize it. However, in France, neither the media nor the justice system are independent of the State, and public policies are not evaluated. Philippe Aghion proposes measures to stimulate the economy through democratic control.
Philippe Aghion is professor of economics at Harvard University. Specialist in growth and innovation, he has published The Economics of Growth (Economica, 2010) and, with Alexandra Roulet, Rethinking the State. For a social democracy of innovationThreshold 2011.