The 'zombie scheme' concept, as discussed by Paul Krugman in his book, refers to ideas that should have been debunked a long time ago due to compelling evidence against them, but they continue to persist and influence people's thinking. These ideas, despite being disproven, keep coming back like zombies. Examples of such schemes could be certain tax cut policies or healthcare policies that have been proven ineffective or detrimental, but are still being propagated.
“Zombie ideas” simply refuse to die despite mountains of evidence to disprove them. How do you fight...
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