The Cost of Political Evasion and Misdirection

There are times when we make embarrassing mistakes. We can acknowledge the error and try to prevent a recurrence or we can practice deception on ourselves and others to minimize damage. Most of us, I suspect, do both at one time or another. Human nature, as I see it.
But for certain politicians the rewards for the latter course are enormous; the risks for the former unthinkable.
This post by Alex Epstein may shed light on the sorry state of the economy as well as that of some of our elected officials.