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‘Herndon, Ash and Pollin attributed the different results to spreadsheet errors, “selective exclusion of available data” and unusual weightings of the statistics by the Harvard economists.’

Ouch. Ooch. Eech. When three whippersnappers from a public university accuse a couple of fancy-pants Harvard economists of having messed with data, it does rivet the attention.

Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff are accused of having fudged their stats in order to argue that high levels of public debt create economic stagnation or decline. Republicans have used the study to justify their sharp attack on the budget deficit.

Details here.

More details here.

Margaret Soltan, April 17, 2013 1:49AM
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GTWMA Says:
April 20th, 2013 at 6:53PM
Not just “..a public university”, but one of UD’s favorite targets, UMass-Amherst.
Margaret Soltan Says:
April 20th, 2013 at 7:40PM
GTWMA: Yes – major party/riot school. Finally something real for them to celebrate.
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