Recent research and conversations with public policy advisors and observers reveal that US economic and financial policy makers can be ill-equipped to make decisions that take into account the complexities of the issues embedded in these spaces. The unfortunate and costly dynamic comes about as the result of unrealistic models and inadequate knowledge of the multiple factors involved. I know economists who would argue that the systems and dynamic currently at play are more than not intrinsically unpredictable. One prime implication is for local communities who are wise to react to these realities by taking responsibility for their own financial and economic habits and legacies. This is the opposite to managing by hope that patriarchical institutions will or can assume this responsibility for communities. That said, all institutions and experts need to continue to act responsibly and intelligently in whatever policies they inform and shape.
