Economic Policy’s Narrative Imperative
The eurozone crisis highlights the need for a narrative that explains public policy and generates political support for it. While central bankers can provide such narratives to financial markets, political leaders must provide the messages that encourage long-term investment, electoral support for reform, and hope for the future.
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WASHINGTON, DC – The best advice I received when taking up policymaking responsibilities in Turkey more than a decade ago was to take “a lot of time and care to develop and communicate the ‘narrative’ to support the policy program that you want to succeed.” The more that economic policy is subject to public debate – that is, the more democracy there is – the more important such policy narratives are.