Thursday, 1 September 2011

Seduced by the Cult of Experts

Jonah Goldberg, National Review
When asked what posed the greatest challenge to statesmen, Harold Macmillan, the former British prime minister, responded, "Events, my dear boy, events."That's because events tend to throw everybody off their plan. For example, Hurricane Irene ended President Obama's vacation early. And the hurricane's steady deterioration upset the plans of news producers who anticipated something more dramatic for their wall-to-wall coverage.In a similar fashion, Obama and his advisers predicted the economy would do better "” much better...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/08/31/seduced_by_the_cult_of_experts_111146.html

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