Finance & economics | Museum piece

Displays dedicated to explaining economics offer marginal returns

Citéco suggests that the dismal science may not belong in a museum at all

Not from the benevolence of the curator
|PARIS

ECONOMICS IS THE study of how societies allocate scarce resources. But why let eggheads have all the fun? A museum aiming to bring the discipline to the masses opened in Paris on June 14th. A visit to Citéco offers both seasoned and neophyte dismal scientists a chance to reflect on the field’s importance.

This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “Museum piece”

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