I read this on repec a few months ago. Interesting seeing it here. A better title: Economist points out some economists had been using a dodgy source; cites o

I read this on repec a few months ago. Interesting seeing it here. A better title: Economist points out some economists had been using a dodgy source; cites other economists who had pointed this out adding to literature of checking citations and a growing body of literature on checking claims in economic history in particular [editorial: as these feed into pop science years down the road]