Summary
The Red Queen underscores that traditional PA is passe, a dead project. Like all the other mainstream governance subjects? The Red Queen is a character from Through the Queen, at one point, grabbed Alice's hand and dragged Alice in a pell-mell and ever-faster run through the countryside. PA thinking is basically short-run. Economic theory can swing either way; but economic practice is typically short-run. On the contrary, PA thinking should focus much less on the short-run. Economics is critical for PA because a particular view of economics is a major determinant of our social consciousness.
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Commonsense@Admin
This column, CommonSense@Admin, is shutting down, and this is the last column. Let's explain!
Tb mark the shutting down and in the spirit of Alice (in Wonderland), our four grandchildren-and our cat Maynard-offered to interview me. Let's wonder!DJF: Who is she? The Red Queen is a character from Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There (Carroll, 1872). The Red Queen, at one point, grabbed Alice's hand and dragged Alice in a pellmell and ever-faster run through the countryside. (Remember that she is a queen in a book with a Chess theme, and a Chess queen is superfast because she can move any number of squares in a straight line in any direction-in a single move.) Yet, no matter how fast they ran, Alice e...See the full content of this document
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