The Milton Friedman Model of Policy Change — LessWrong
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One-line summary: Most policy change outside a prior Overton Window comes about by policy advocates skillfully exploiting a crisis. • …
x The Milton Friedman Model of Policy Change — LessWrong AI Governance Government Politics Public Discourse Frontpage 2025 Top Fifty: 75 % 161 The Milton Friedman Model of Policy Change by JohnofCharleston 4th Mar 2025 4 min read 17 161 One-line summary: Most policy change outside a prior Overton Window comes about by policy advocates skillfully exploiting a crisis. In the last year or so, I’ve had dozens of conversations about the DC policy community. People unfamiliar with this community often share a flawed assumption, that reaching policymakers and having a fair opportunity to convince the
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