Tag: Nature editorials

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
September 15, 2026

Categorized
Economics, Politics, Science

Tagged
International Panel on Inequality, Nature editorials, Technocracy, Wealth disparity}

Should Scientists Decide Policies About Wealth Inequality?

_{To judge from a recent editorial at Nature, some scientists would like to do so and they have ideas about how to do it} _{Wesley J. Smith
September 15, 2026

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Economics, Politics, Science}

Reframing policy issues as questions of objective “science” makes it easier to justify relying on “experts”, thereby enfeebling democratic institutions in favor of bureaucratic systems.