Very much agreed. There’s another thing I would note, though, which is that even when you can do an RCT, there are often many longer-term and more diffuse effects you won’t pick up, and these effects are often highly important when it comes to politics and institutional change.
Very much agreed. There’s another thing I would note, though, which is that even when you can do an RCT, there are often many longer-term and more diffuse effects you won’t pick up, and these effects are often highly important when it comes to politics and institutional change.