Policy Cycles Take 2-4 Years: If Regulation Is Needed in 5, Act Now
Lib_Development · x · 2026-09-20
Responding to the claim that medium-term forecasting is useless for policymaking, LibDevelopment argues that regulatory change typically takes 2-4 years once picked up by the executive, after years of being worked over by policy people. If you think a policy change is needed within 5 years, the right reaction is desperate urgency.
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