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The Spectacle Blog
I just spoke with an economist from the Department of Labor; I needed his help reviewing labor statistics for a story I’m working on.
After some discussion, I couldn’t help but ask if he’d ever read anything by Thomas Sowell, one of my favorite (conservative) economists. He’d never even heard of him.
“He sort of leans to the right,” I explained.
“I don’t,” he said, laughing.
Newsflash: The Department of Labor employs left-leaning economists to explain their data.
Figures.
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dipstick| 4.29.10 @ 12:03PM
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TJ GOFORTH| 4.29.10 @ 10:00PM
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around the track| 4.28.10 @ 6:06PM
I know how easy it is to become suspicious when a bureaucrat tells you he doesn't lean to the right, but, when it comes to gathering and releasing date, these people are beyond suspicion. As you suggest, it's the interpretation we have to watch out for.
King of Milano| 4.29.10 @ 10:34AM
"beyond suspicion" ???
Tripe wrapped in sophistry.
Missy| 4.28.10 @ 6:49PM
He'd never even heard of the brilliant economist, Thomas Sowell? Not only is the bureaucrat a leftist, he's kind of stupid, too!
WM| 4.29.10 @ 11:57AM
The left likes to reward their own, like Paul Krugman, for putting out nonsense that supports their worldview. Then they turn around and point out his credentials as proof of the superior quality of his work. In fact, pretty much everything Krugman says is bunk.
It is not so much that they interpret facts differently as it is that they doctor data a lot. When they are not doctoring data, they are culling irrelevant facts and evading relevant ones to present a false picture. They literally have no sense of shame or guilt.
Wilber| 4.29.10 @ 12:06PM
Perhaps the Dept. of Labor guy is racist because he doesn't know who a Black economist is? Perhaps he isn't familiar with Hayek and Von Mises, the other two economists you know?
Brian B| 4.29.10 @ 3:18PM
--"He sort of leans to the right," I explained.--
There was your mistake. You should have told him he was black, then he would have rushed out to buy his books, assuming all black thinkers are liberals.
But liberals do not prejudge or stereotype anyone. No way.
Cadillac Queen| 4.30.10 @ 1:52PM
Everyone knows that Blacks write the best autobiograhpy...regardless of political affiliations. Since none of them work for a living, they should have enough time to write. Rich White boys of the trust fund variety don't write well because they are off playing with their rich boy toys. Since the Blacks are stuck in the ghetto with no toys, they get to do all the great writing.