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Comments on: An illustration that using data for a conclusion is not objective http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2011/03/30/an-illustration-that-using-data-for-a-conclusion-is-not-objective/ The Visible Hand in Economics Sun, 03 Apr 2011 23:17:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Matt Nolan http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2011/03/30/an-illustration-that-using-data-for-a-conclusion-is-not-objective/#comment-33083 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:17:52 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=5848#comment-33083 @Greg

Very good. I was surprised Krugman didn’t try to attack it more.

Tbf to Taylor from the Freakonomics criticism – it is common to look at post-1990 data, because a lot of people believe there was a “structural break”. The new phillips curve people do the same thing – which is why Krugman didn’t state it.

The main thing for me is definitely interpreting the data – I’m used to looking at those figures and the policy conclusion of “cutting corporate tax rates” wasn’t actually the first thing that popped into my head. The first thing that popped into my head was “and what, this is what mainstream theory says would happen – its tells us nothing about the impact of policy”.

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By: Greg http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2011/03/30/an-illustration-that-using-data-for-a-conclusion-is-not-objective/#comment-33075 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:31:24 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=5848#comment-33075 Nothing to see here, except possibly incipient dementia. Via Felix Salmon:-

http://www.freakonomics.com/2011/03/30/how-to-spot-advocacy-science-john-taylor-edition/

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