Opinion
Despite the populist backlash, the world needs technocrats
Elite experts have become the scapegoats for stagnating post-GFC economic prospects. The best thing they can do is to start listening to the public.
Diane CoyleEconomics professorThe handmaiden to populism’s rise across the West has been distrust of experts, particularly those in positions of power who believe their specialised knowledge entitles them to make decisions that affect millions of people.
Populist leaders routinely rebuke such experts, disparaging them as entrenched, out-of-touch political operatives inhabiting the “swamp”, the “blob”, or the “deep state”.
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