> Look at all the controversy and major media coverage over the the Reinhart and Rogoff paper, which was undermined by some majors data collection errors that w

> Look at all the controversy and major media coverage over the the Reinhart and Rogoff paper, which was undermined by some majors data collection errors that were later pointed out. This was a major deal at the time. HAP made a ton of noise (in specialist circles) certainly. But was it a "major deal"? Was RR really "undermined"? I see no major change in policy as a result, and popular wisdom among the intelligent-but-lagging public, seems to still that public debt drags on growth. (RR has been near the front of my mind this week as a CEO I know mentioned it and was totally unaware it had been so completely "undermined" a decade prior.)