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Reminds me that the reasoning behind austerity came from an Excel calculation that didn't include all the relevant rows :~/ https://www.theguardian.com/politic
by suttree 6y ago
Reminds me that the reasoning behind austerity came from an Excel calculation that didn't include all the relevant rows :~/
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/apr/18/uncovered-error-george-osborne-austerity https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/apr/18/uncovered-e...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22223190 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22223190
https://theconversation.com/the-reinhart-rogoff-error-or-how-not-to-excel-at-economics-13646 https://theconversation.com/the-reinhart-rogoff-error-or-how...
- BlueTemplar 6y agoWell, the main issue here seems to be that their work has not been peer reviewed ?