It seems the Urban Institute recently released a report concluding that public policy would be better if it were based on evidence. Really. “Beyond Ideology, Politics, and Guesswork: The Case for Evidence-Based Policy”.
And guess what? I agree. Policy should be based on evidence. I suppose it’s mostly a sad commentary on the state of our politics that this needs to be said.
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