New Ideas

The Atlantic proclaims there are "10 Ideas that Changed the World in 2012."  I find this one especially interesting:  "Trial and Error Experiments Could Improve Public Policy."  Briefly,

 "Businesses conduct hundreds of thousands of randomized trials each year. Pharmaceutical companies conduct thousands more. But government? Hardly any. Government agencies conduct only a smattering of controlled experiments to test policies in the justice system, education, welfare and so on. Why doesn't government want to learn?"