1. Does Flyvbjerg make a valid case for the alternative, anti-Hiding Hand perspective? Why?
2. Find some flaws with the Flyvbjerg argument. In other words, in order to be fully objective, consider both the validity and the flaws in this argument. In the main, do you back Hirschman or Flyvbjerg here?

World Development Vol xx, pp. Xxx-xxx, 2016 0305-750X/C 2016 Elsevier Lid. All rights reserved, ELSEVIER www.elsevier.com/locate/worlddev http:/x.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.03.012 The Fallacy of Beneficial Ignorance: A Test of Hirschman's Hiding Hand BENT FLYVBJERG' University of Oxford, UK Summary. - Albert O. Hirschman's principle of the Hiding Hand stands stronger and more celebrated today than ever. The principle states that ignorance is good in planning, because if decision makers knew the real costs and difficulties of projects, few ventures would ever get started. The paper presents the first systematic test of the principle of the Hiding Hand, including a test of whether Hirschman's theory may be replicated with more and better data. This was found not to be the case. First, statistical tests reject the principle of the Hiding Hand at an overwhelmingly high level of significance (p