Beyond model answers: A new approach to the relationship between economics and politics

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Description: Economic modelling is vital to our understanding of the world ‐ and even more vital to policymakers. Yet, says Alison McGovern , do they provide us with the certainty that we think they do? And is our focus on economic evidence in political discourse really representative of the bases on which policy decisions are actually made?
Alison McGovern
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