What we need is a Freedom of Uninformation Act

In this week’s Spectator, Rory Sutherland, argues that we need an information act because too often data is mis-reported and misused. He notes:

The great Sir John Cowperthwaite, architect of Hong Kong’s prosperity and subject of a recent biography by Neil Monnery, banned the collection of macro-economic statistics on the grounds that their meaningless fluctuations would only encourage people to meddle. I propose something similar for Britain: we could call it the Freedom of Uninformation Act.

The Spectator, 19th November 2017

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