Epistemic Trespassing in Real Time: Peter Navarro, Economist
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro has an impressive academic background:
Navarro went to Tufts University on a full academic scholarship,[9] graduating in 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He then spent three years in the U.S. Peace Corps, serving in Thailand.[7][13] He earned a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University‘s John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1979, and a PhD in Economics from Harvard under the supervision of Richard E. Caves in 1986.[13]
His political and academic careers as well as his primary areas of expertise include economics and public policy.
Recently, however, Navarro has drawn criticism for clashing with Anthony Fauci, director of the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, about Covid-19. Navarro has justified his disagreements as follows:
“I have a Ph.D,” Navarro said. “And I understand how to read statistical studies, whether it’s in medicine, the law, economics or whatever.” He added, “Doctors disagree about things all the time. My qualifications in terms of looking at the science is that I’m a social scientist.”
Navarro is demonstrating in real time both the existence and dangers of CONTINUE READING: Epistemic Trespassing in Real Time: Peter Navarro, Economist – radical eyes for equity
