What it feels like to tackle a crisis

Andy Ross ()
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Andy Ross: Deputy Director - Government Economic Service and Government Social Research Service

History of Economic Ideas, 2011, vol. 19, issue 2, 177-190

Abstract: The UK Government Economic Service is briefly described and the day-to day work of its members is contrasted with that of academic researchers. It is observed that in government economics is about «dilemmas rather than lemmas» and that a close watch and good judgement, informed by history as well as the latest in economics, is more important than any particular model. A humorous metaphor is used to illustrate how academic advice can often feel to policy makers. The conclusion is a call for the discipline to give more emphasis to equipping ‘professional practitioners’ and to confess with humility and tolerance the limits of our knowledge.

Date: 2011
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