The experts we need
Velasco, A.
(2019).
The experts we need.
Project Syndicate,
(2019).
The experts we need.
Project Syndicate,
Policy gurus spend too much time with others like them – top civil servants, high-flying journalists, successful businesspeople – and too little time with ordinary voters. If they could become “humble, competent people on a level with dentists,” as John Maynard Keynes once suggested, voters might identify with them and find them trustworthy.