Recent Eurpoean economic policy was based on a paper that relied on an Excel formula error http://theconversation.com/economists-an-excel-error-and-the-misguide

Recent Eurpoean economic policy was based on a paper that relied on an Excel formula error http://theconversation.com/economists-an-excel-error-and-the-misguided-push-for-austerity-13584 http://theconversation.com/economists-an-excel-error-and-the... It only lasted a few years, but I find the idea of exiting long lasting research founded on bad code a to be very real possibility.