Loved this article! Particularly appreciated the connection between economics/credibility politics and the reality that many meaningful interventions cannot pass rigorous testing standards. Reformers must reflect on why we care about evidence and do so without de-prioritizing everything else. Reliance on measurement is an ego trip - so much of decarceration work can/will never be accurately measured.
thanks so much for reading, and glad you got something out of it!
I think the econ/rigor point is also funny because policymakers mostly care about *prediction* - would intervention A work in context X? RCTs and similar methods provide literally no vantage on this question. It's only internal validity
This is why I am an abolitionist.
Loved this article! Particularly appreciated the connection between economics/credibility politics and the reality that many meaningful interventions cannot pass rigorous testing standards. Reformers must reflect on why we care about evidence and do so without de-prioritizing everything else. Reliance on measurement is an ego trip - so much of decarceration work can/will never be accurately measured.
thanks so much for reading, and glad you got something out of it!
I think the econ/rigor point is also funny because policymakers mostly care about *prediction* - would intervention A work in context X? RCTs and similar methods provide literally no vantage on this question. It's only internal validity