CSPAN3 Former Speaker Paul Ryan On Evidence-Based Policymaking At American... February 8, 2020
committed. there are a whole host of influences on public policy and i spent 20 years in congress working on such things. i think one of the most important, if not the most important influence on policy matters is evidence. evidence for or against a proposition. a lot of people are skeptical of that these days. that skepticism isn't unwarranted, but i would caution against being too much of a synic. people see the partisan fights and think that nothing can move, knowing can do gone. ideology is not a bad thing, it's not a dirty world, it's a way to order the world in a cohesive cohes...