Economics

Recent years have seen the emergence of organisations like WikiLeaks which publish secret information and classified documents. On its own webpage, WikiLeaks claims it ‘specializes in the analysis and publication of large datasets of censored or otherwise restricted official materials involving war, spying and corruption’. The activities of WikiLeaks and other such organisations have had a great influence on our economic and political institutions. From the perspective of your focal thinker, evaluate the effect of organisations like WikiLeaks on our economic and political institutions. The focal thinkers are: 1) Adam Smith 2) David Ricardo 3) Karl Marx 4) Friedrich Hayek 5) Ronald Coase 6) Paul Samuelson 7) Kenneth Arrow 8) Jean Tirole 9) Oliver Williamson 10) Oliver Hart