There is here a very interesting paper that talks about using more Randomized Controlled Trials before making decisions on policies. The paper is easy to ready, easy to understand, as I think it should in order to better spread the idea. Well, it is not really an idea, new stuff, or anything.
It is my perception that that RCTs are underutilized in a word where causal analysis is widespread. But while causal methods for observational data are all over the place, the RCTs seem to be limited to the medical research and forgotten,not considered, sometimes unknown of, in other fields. I think the same way RCTs are demanded for drugs developments, the same should be true for policies development.
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