What do you think EAs get wrong about economics?
Many EAs are smart neoliberals, but they don’t pay sufficient attention to government failure. They imagine running a bureaucracy the way they want, as if it were staffed by EAs, rather than staffed by regular people with regular foibles.
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What do you think EAs get wrong about economics?
Many EAs are smart neoliberals, but they don’t pay sufficient attention to government failure. They imagine running a bureaucracy the way they want, as if it were staffed by EAs, rather than staffed by regular people with regular foibles.