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Do economists live in a world of their own?

The turmoil of Brexit and the populist challenge across Europe are consequences of austerity policies that have brought misery to millions of ordinary voters. In this interview first published last January, Servaas Storm warned of the dangers of economic decision making divorced from democracy and from the social consequences of its prescriptions

The “keys under the streetlight story” is well known among economists, but in case you haven’t heard it, it goes like this.

An Open Letter to Tim Cook, CEO of Apple