If you haven't done so already, I think you'd very much enjoy the Econtalk episode with John Cochrane: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2016/09/john_cochrane_o.

If you haven't done so already, I think you'd very much enjoy the Econtalk episode with John Cochrane: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2016/09/john_cochrane_o.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2016/09/john_cochrane_o.htm... He argues in favor of decluttering the policy tools you listed. Sounds excellent to me.