# The Idea Trap

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## Metadata
- Author: [[Bryan Caplan]]
- Full Title: The Idea Trap
- Category: #articles
- URL: https://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2004/Caplanidea.html

## Highlights
- A society can get stuck in an “idea trap,” where bad ideas lead to bad policy, bad policy leads to bad growth, and bad growth cements bad ideas.
- The connection between growth and ideas is not so much logical as psychological.
    - Tags: [[ideas]]