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What If Sociologists Had As Much Influence As Economists?

Neil Irwin
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Neil Irwin

Public policy at the highest levels of the federal government — and in many state governments — is often determined, at least in part, by economists.

They look at numbers from prior years and cycles, and try to project what’s next and what could happen if a particular policy is implemented.

In a recent column, Neil Irwin of The New York Times asked the question “ What if sociologists had as much influence as economists?

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