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Isn't that pretty much the standard in economics? Whatever I read about economics they all seem give data their own convenient spin instead of admitting "I don'
by maxxxxx 8y ago
Isn't that pretty much the standard in economics? Whatever I read about economics they all seem give data their own convenient spin instead of admitting "I don't know".
- tonyedgecombe 8y agoThere seems to be a fine line between politics and economics.
- yborg 8y agoIsn't that pretty much the standard in any research? It's pretty pointless to publish a bunch of data and state as your conclusion "gee, I don't know what any of that meant, lol". As long as you aren't actually making up data to fit your thesis (which surely happens) or completely ignoring data contrary to your thesis, I don't see an issue. If someone doesn't agree with it, they can publish their own argument with supporting data.
- maxxxxx 8y agoIn physics there is a lot of data that shows that there must be something other than regular matter but physicists still admit that they have no clue what it is. I am not an economist but from what I read economists show the data and then always have an explanation for it. Maybe they should stop at the data?
- thanatropism 8y agoNo, no. I don't mean that he forces the interpretation of data. That's par for the course. He makes numerous data gathering errors that all seem to make his conclusion stronger. Example: http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/capital21c/en/media/FT23052014c.pdf http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/capital21c/en/media/FT230520...