Sunstein, Cass2015-06-082015Cass R. Sunstein, Unhelpful Abstractions and the Standard View, 12 Econ Journal Watch 68 (2015).1933-527Xhttp://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:16217273It is not fruitful to puzzle over the question whether economists and others ‘favor’ or ‘lean’ toward the regulatory or welfare state; that is an unhelpful and confusing question, one that orients people in the wrong way. It is better to begin by emphasizing that the first should be designed to handle market failures, and that the second should be designed to respond to economic deprivation and unjustified inequality.en-USJournal Article2015-06-08