Goodhart's law

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:economic_policy
adage
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:public_policy
economics
social sciences
gptkbp:describes unintended consequences
measurement distortion
gptkbp:field economics
management
statistics
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Charles_Goodhart
1975
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Goodhart's law
gptkbp:notableExample teaching to the test
Soviet nail production quotas
hospital waiting time targets
gptkbp:publishedIn Papers in Monetary Economics
gptkbp:relatedTo Campbell's law
Cobra effect
Law of unintended consequences
gptkbp:state When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Agent_Foundations
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6