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“People in this country have had enough of experts": Why?

A voter arrives to cast her ballot at the Queen's Cross parish church in Aberdeen, Scotland, September 18, 2014. Polling in the referendum on Scottish independence is taking place on Thursday as Scotland votes whether or not to end the 307-year-old union with the rest of the United Kingdom.

Jean Pisani-Ferry looks at why we're losing our trust in experts. Image: REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Jean Pisani-Ferry
Professor, Hertie School of Governance in Berlin
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