Abstract
There is a huge and harmful gap between two civilizations: economists and politicos. This article explores some of the reasons behind that gap and offers suggestions for how we might shrink it. Doing so will necessarily require more change from economists than from politicos, because politicians are normally the decision-makers while economists are just advisers. Hence, I suggest more places where economists should change their ways. The ideas set forth here are an expansion of those I set out in the 2023 Daniel Patrick Moynihan Lecture on Social Science and Public Policy.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 245-263 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science |
Volume | 711 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2024 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Sociology and Political Science
- General Social Sciences
Keywords
- economic advice
- economic policy
- efficiency
- fairness
- politics
- time horizons