What was Tinbergen's central idea on economic policy?
My central idea revolved around the design of economic policy through a systematic, quantitative approach. I believed that effective policy requires identifying specific targets, such as full employment or stable prices, and then devising instruments – like fiscal or monetary measures – that can be adjusted to achieve these targets. This necessitates building models to understand the relationships between instruments and targets.
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