Comments on: The Krugman Recipe for Depression http://wakalix.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/krugman-shlaes-great-depression/ Life, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness Wed, 11 Apr 2012 02:44:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Christopher Williams http://wakalix.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/krugman-shlaes-great-depression/#comment-189 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:32:45 +0000 http://www.wakalix.com/wp/?p=408#comment-189 Just remember what we were taught in the 1950′s about the accuracy of any set of statistics: there are lies, there are damned lies, and then there are statistics!

We are too enamored with polls and statistics, trying to interprets social behavior from very unscientific and inaccurate means. I’d probably dump on Amity Shlaes, too, if I could figure out what the argument is…

]]> By: Christopher Williams http://wakalix.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/krugman-shlaes-great-depression/#comment-190 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:32:00 +0000 http://www.wakalix.com/wp/?p=408#comment-190 Just remember what we were taught in the 1950′s about the accuracy of any set of statistics: there are lies, there are damned lies, and then there are statistics!

We are too enamored with polls and statistics, trying to interprets social behavior from very unscientific and inaccurate means. I’d probably dump on Amity Shlaes, too, if I could figure out what the argument is…

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