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**one person delegates a task to another person in exchange of something such as salary, charisma...**
applicable to any delegation
applicable to voters and representatives
representatives govern in exchange of a salary
The agent has typically his own interests but the principle can't monitor and control the agent as he wish[^1]
ex : a proletarian elects a [[classes supérieures (bourgeoisie)|bourgeois]]
exemple of a situation where you have completely opposite and common interest
estate agent :
- you both want to search an apartment
- but you want the cheapest one and he wants the more expensive
However, you delegate the responsability of really gathering informations over the apartment
## Notes de bas de page
``` dataview
TABLE length(file.outlinks) AS "Liens sortants", length(file.inlinks) AS "Liens entrants"
WHERE file.path = this.file.path
```
[^1]: [[théorie des choix publics]] = les politiciens priviligient leurs propres intérêts