Goodhart's law

English

Etymology

Named after British economist Charles Goodhart (1936–), who originated it.

Proper noun

Goodhart's law

  1. The idea that, when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure; originally, "as soon as the government attempts to regulate any particular set of financial assets, these become unreliable as indicators of economic trends".

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