Making policy for complex systems: A medical model for economics

Amitai Etzioni

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1984, vol. 4, issue 3, 383-395

Abstract: In recent years, policy analysts have shown a growing interest in less rationalistic policymaking models. Medical knowledge may be useful to consider in this regard, since it combines practical knowledge with the findings of numerous analytic disciplines, and includes procedures for dealing with high uncertainty. In contrast, economic policymaking often applies analysis from a single discipline directly to a multifaceted problem. A broader “socioeconomic” approach emulating the medical model would incorporate variables such as political, social, cultural, psychic, and environmental factors.

Date: 1984
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