The Week in Policymaker Ignorance

Biden forgets where he left...a lot of things. The FAA goes back to the future. Scott analyzes the prospects for a more rational U.S. immigration policy through the lens of the Problem of Policymaker Ignorance.

The first real officially official episode of The Week in Policymaker Ignorance (WIPMI?). Scott analyzes lockdown policies through the lens of the Problem of Policymaker Ignorance and briefly discusses the role of policymaker ignorance in the Russo-Ukranian War, as well as whatever is happening on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Here's a link to the paper discussed in this episode, "A Case Study in the Problem of Policymaker Ignorance: Political Responses to COVID-19," by Scott Scheall and Parker Crutchfield:

https://cosmosandtaxis.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/scheall_crutchfield_ct_vol9_iss_5_6.pdf

Who are policymakers? What is a policy? What kind of knowledge and capacities do policymakers need to deliberately realize policy goals?

A short introduction to the host and series, and to the Problem of Policymaker Ignorance.