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A comment on Ask HN: What is the role of economic advisors to a national leader?.

Re:Ask HN: What is the role of economic advisors to a nation... by JanAcai on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @08:04AM (#22355692)
For me it's 3), although I'm no public policy expert. Why wouldn't they discuss a potentially great idea with the chief decision maker?
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Re:Ask HN: What is the role of economic advisors to a nation... by Eoan on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @11:43AM (#22357317)
Laziness or arrogance.

Like when the engineer and statistician W. Edwards Deming suggested improvements in manufacturing, but US manufacturers ignored him.

>Why were Deming's views on quality control initially ignored in the United States?

>Following World War II, Deming was largely ignored in the productivity-crazed United States. ... The message Deming made to the United States was that productivity without quality was a dead end. He attempted to teach engineers his philosophy, but the companies they worked for were focused on other things.

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