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This isn't totally related to what we're discussing, but my favorite example of dumb-policy-brain in the Econ profession is a job market talk I went to, where the candidate demonstrated empirically that living in a mixed race neighborhood is causally associated with more tolerant views.

His proposed policy was for the government to airdrop migrants into less diverse neighborhoods.

Oof. Someone’s advisors dropped the ball.

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Make white neighborhoods less white

No one is dropping immigrants into MLK Blvd (pick any city)

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