GOODHART'S LAW
\ɡˈʊdhɑːts lˈɔː], \ɡˈʊdhɑːts lˈɔː], \ɡ_ˈʊ_d_h_ɑː_t_s l_ˈɔː]\
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Professor Charles Goodhart introduced this theory. Originally applied to the stability of economic spending, it now points out the problem of assigning value to a specific variable to be used as an indicator. It states that when a measure's value becomes a target, the measure value can no longer be used as a measure.
By Henry Campbell Black
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