"Goodhart's law" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: Named after British economist Charles Goodhart (1936–), who originated it. Etymology templates: {{named-after/list|economist||||}} economist, {{!}} |, {{lang|en|Charles Goodhart}} Charles Goodhart, {{named-after|en|Charles Goodhart|born=1936|nat=British|occ=economist|wplink==}} Named after British economist Charles Goodhart (1936–) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Goodhart's law
  1. The idea that, when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure; originally, "as soon as the government attempts to regulate any particular set of financial assets, these become unreliable as indicators of economic trends".
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