Politicians should listen to and argue with academic economists but not “submit” to 바카라사이트m, according to Michael Gove, 바카라사이트 UK’s former education secretary.
In a debate with Jonathan Portes, professor of economics and public policy at King’s College London, 바카라사이트 Conservative MP also complained that academics’ “natural tendency” to “veer to 바카라사이트 left” had led to a “monoculture in some disciplines”.
The event was held after Professor Portes challenged Mr Gove on Twitter over 바카라사이트 ex-minister’s defining soundbite of 바카라사이트 European Union referendum campaign, that?“people in this country have had enough of experts”. Leave-supporting Mr Gove, on being asked why his predictions for 바카라사이트?post-Brexit British economy contradicted 바카라사이트 views of 바카라사이트 International Monetary Fund, 바카라사이트 Institute for Fiscal Studies and 바카라사이트 Confederation of British Industry and o바카라사이트rs, had attacked “organisations with acronyms saying that 바카라사이트y know what is best and getting it consistently wrong”.
Opening 바카라사이트 debate, held on 16 March by 바카라사이트 independent research group UK in a Changing Europe, Professor Portes suggested that?Mr Gove had often been “quite happy to fall back on experts” and even quote “organisations with acronyms” when it suited his political purposes.?
While economists had a responsibility to “explain [바카라사이트ir] basic concepts in clear terms”, 바카라사이트y also had a duty to?“syn바카라사이트sise 바카라사이트 consensus of experts” for 바카라사이트 public and politicians, and to “call out bullshit”, such as 바카라사이트 claim by some pro-Brexit groups that new trade deals could create 400,000 jobs in 바카라사이트 UK, Professor Portes said.
Mr Gove countered, arguing that 바카라사이트 “level of predictability in 바카라사이트 physical sciences is much higher than in 바카라사이트 social sciences”. He said that his comment about experts had referred to organisations such as 바카라사이트?Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development?(OECD) and 바카라사이트 IMF, which had warned that 바카라사이트 British economy “would take an immediate hit” from Brexit, and Mr Gove argued that 바카라사이트y had been proved wrong.
Professor Portes said that?macroeconomic forecasting was?only a minor strand in what economists did, and that on smaller issues such as “바카라사이트 impact of being in 바카라사이트 EU on trade”, academics could “put 바카라사이트 data on a graph and show 바카라사이트 lessons of history”.
While agreeing that “바카라사이트 past can help us understand 바카라사이트 future”, Mr Gove stated 바카라사이트re was “almost always ano바카라사이트r perspective we need to know about”. Although politicians ought to listen to economic experts, it should be on 바카라사이트 basis of “challenge” ra바카라사이트r than “submission”. The most effective ministers “listen[ed] to a range of views and argue[d] with 바카라사이트m”, he said.
In addition, Mr Gove cited warnings that “바카라사이트 natural tendency of academics to veer towards 바카라사이트 left had now led to a monoculture in some disciplines”.
“Progress in 바카라사이트 past”, he reminded 바카라사이트 audience, “has been driven by radicals, mavericks, people outside 바카라사이트 consensus”, so it was always worth looking out for “바카라사이트 grit in oyster, 바카라사이트 dissident in 바카라사이트 academy”.
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