Whatever happened to evidence-based policy making?
Posted on 21 Dec 2018
By Professor Gary Banks (AO)
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What are we talking about?
"When I use a word", Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, "It means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less". "The question is" said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things".
Evidence ain't evidence
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts."