From the Article:
This need for constant experimentation in policymaking means we can’t outsource innovation and testing to a small elite of PhDs like we do with drugs. Everyone engaged in making policy needs the freedom and encouragement to experiment, evaluate, and reformulate policies. Of course, that implies many policy experiments will fail. But politicians and bureaucrats should not be punished for trying something new, only to find it doesn’t work. The true failure is favoring principles or ideology over evidence, which leads to snake oil solutions based on nothing more than fear, ignorance, and prejudice.
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