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This is where Goodhart’s Law hits hardest. The problem isn’t that we can’t see collective value. It’s that the entire ...

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LONDON, March 30 (Reuters) - "Any observed statistical regularity will tend to collapse once pressure is placed upon it for control purposes." Goodhart's Law was first articulated by the British ...

Next year marks the 40th anniversary of Goodhart’s Law. Central bankers will find it hard to celebrate. Back in 1975, Charles Goodhart of the London School of Economics observed that economic ...