Policies don't just appear from the aether; it takes quite a big push to get a government to move in one direction or another. They are sedentary beasts by natu

Policies don't just appear from the aether; it takes quite a big push to get a government to move in one direction or another. They are sedentary beasts by nature. So it is a safe bet that every implemented policy has a number of people who quite like it, but the community that likes it may well be considered fringe up until they prove to have the numbers and get their preferred policy implemented. Every flavour of economics enjoys some level of widespread support, there are still a bunch of people who profess a commitment to Marxism. Nobody listens to them (hurrah!) but they're still there. If we had Marxists in charge their articles would probably get a lot more traction though because people want to know what is going to happen next. Ditto things like the gold standard, fiat currency, ultra-low taxes, ultra-high taxes, globalism and economic independence strategies. TLDR; there is probably a strong selection bias here.