ART CARDEN: Sometimes, “Not My Problem” Is the Right Answer. “The tradition of what Peter J. Boettke calls ‘Mainline Economics’ connecting scholars like (for example) Adam Smith, Friedrich Hayek, and James Buchanan, emphasizes the fact that we rarely have enough knowledge about what Hayek called ‘the particular circumstances of time and place‘ to interfere advantageously in others’ affairs. Too often, the impulse to action clouds our better judgment, and we make an even bigger mess of things.”