It’s The Economy, Stupid (AKA Economists)
ideology, ignorance, and inertia—the three I’s—on the part of the expert, the aid worker, or the local policy maker, often explain why policies fail and why aid does not have the effect it should.
Abhijit V. Banerjee • Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
> your epistemology is outsourced to prediction markets
> your policy is arbitrated by bond yields
> your "human nature" is downstream of the interest rate
> your shelter costs have overridden the reproductive instinct
> your labour market decides how much immigration you get
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