User:Amanda WellsRCBC/Technocracy movement

Summary
This article is about the non-political social movement known as the technocracy movement. The technocracy movement came about as a possible solution for the Great Depression, which would have had scientists and engineers take the place of businesspeople and politicians in order to better manage the economy. Technocracy originates with progressive engineers of the early twentieth century. The word "technocracy" was invented during this time to describe a government run by technical experts such as scientists and engineers. The movement was founded by Howard Scott with the formation of the Technical Alliance in New York in 1919. It was argued by technocracy advocates that a society headed by technical experts would be more effective and more productive than price system-based forms of government and economy. However, it was overshadowed by other possible solutions to the Great Depression and it lost popularity. Part of its decline in popularity can be attributed to President Roosevelt's New Deal and the movement's inability to create a viable political theory.