Counter-example: I do it all the time. Ever heard of "revealed preference"? Sure there are weird human things like preferring A to B, B to C, and C to A, but I'm OK with a map not being the territory.
> a plan for forcefully intervening in an economy
All government choices are forceful interventions, whether a choice to act or not act.
> Counter-example: I do it all the time.
No you don't. I mean, sure you can pull numbers out of your ass and pretend to calculate something based on them.
Or you can even explicitly set out to calculate garbage results with garbage inputs, if you insist.
But you're not putting accurate numbers on how much anyone wants anything, because it's all subjective.
> All government choices are forceful interventions, whether a choice to act or not act.
Indeed. That's how ruling over subjects works. I can't parse the latter part though, but whatever.
If that's pulling something out of my ass, well, I guess you're not a fan of statistics or the scientific method? Oh, actually, I forgot that's a central tenet of the Austrian School -- science is bogus when contradicted by philosophy.
> can't parse the latter part
If a government creates money, then it must have a monetary policy. Do you think government-backed money is not "for the greater good"?
Do you think 2% is a good rate for you to be losing your savings' purchasing power? How fast would you like gangrene to spread through your body?
> 2%
The correct rate varies according to the behavior of the economy.
> gangrene
What a strange and shifting conversation.