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Skanda Amarnath: High-risk investments should earn outsized returns for economic progress

Skanda Amarnath: High-risk investments should earn outsized returns for economic progress
High-risk investment rewards for innovation

Skanda Amarnath argues that the economic system does not benefit when high-risk investments that turn out to be significantly innovative and productive fail to achieve outsized returns.

He cautions that such an environment distorts incentives by pushing individuals or companies toward safer, rent-seeking activities rather than supporting breakthrough innovations. Amarnath adds that no law of nature governs these outcomes.

Amarnath previously argued that the consensus view on recent U.S. jobs data is flawed, pointing to a likely more hawkish response from the Federal Reserve. He has also commented on shifts in editorial perspectives, noting the Wall Street Journal editorial board's divergence from John Taylor's monetary policy approach. These perspectives reflect Amarnath’s ongoing focus on policy and incentive structures in economic debates.

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