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Politicians and lobbyists who promote new regulations and taxes typically claim to have science on their side. Scientific evidence shows that the actions they wish to discourage are harmful and that government intervention would reduce this harm. Yet much ‘evidence-based policy’ is grounded on poor scientific reasoning and even worse economics
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Jamie Whyte is a management consultant, a fellow of the Institute of Economic Affairs, and a senior fellow of the Adam Smith Institute. He is the author of Crimes Against Logic and a frequent contributor to various newspapers, including the Times of London and the Wall Street Journal.
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