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'Economists And Diplomacy: Professions And The Practice Of Economic Policy’, Leonard Seabrooke

Leonard Seabrooke

Ministries of foreign affairs, of trade, and of finance are the traditional locations for economic diplomacy between states. This continues to be the case for most states, but it would be an exaggeration to suggest that the organs of economic diplomacy are restricted to the state. This thought piece discusses how the relationship between economists and diplomacy is best understood by examining the professions behind policymaking, their work content, and the mediation of public interstate and private collective interests. Professions matter because they provide a common language to those generating economic policy knowledge and they also stretch and test allegiances …