Richard Stroup, adjunct professor of economics at N.C. State University, says highly intelligent, well-trained experts can produce bad policy decisions because of the tunnel vision connected with their area of expertise. Stroup offered these remarks during a May 3, 2010, presentation to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. To watch full-length presentations of John Locke Foundation events, click here.
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