Difference between revisions of "Fraudulent Controversial Books"
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Here's a partial list: see how many you have heard of. | Here's a partial list: see how many you have heard of. | ||
| − | ; 2009 | + | ; 2009 "[[This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly]]" by [[Carmen Reinhart]] and [[Kenneth Rogoff]]. |
: Endorsed heavily by [[Cato]] and [[Mercatus]], this has been the major academic work backing the claims that austerity is the way out of the great recession. It took 4 years to debunk decisively, when the spreadsheet was finally examined. The important false claim was that when debt exceeded 90% of GNP, growth was sharply reduced. | : Endorsed heavily by [[Cato]] and [[Mercatus]], this has been the major academic work backing the claims that austerity is the way out of the great recession. It took 4 years to debunk decisively, when the spreadsheet was finally examined. The important false claim was that when debt exceeded 90% of GNP, growth was sharply reduced. | ||
| − | ; | + | ; 1998 "[[More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws]]" by [[John Lott]]. |
| + | : The polite way to say it was that their statistical conclusions were "not robust": more data or slightly different coding collapse their results. | ||
| + | ; 1994 "[[The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life]]" by [[Charles Murray]] and [[Richard Herrnstein]]. | ||
| + | : The argument was based on numerous faulty assumptions, statistical monkey business and appeal to racist inclinations. Not peer reviewed before publication. No support for the genetic claims made in this book has ever been found. | ||
| + | ; 1977 "[[Anarchy, State, and Utopia]]" by [[Robert Nozick]]. | ||
: A major libertarian text. Two major frauds, brilliantly concealed: (1) it denies, yet resorts to consequentialism and (2) it completely fails to justify initial acquisition, needed for property rights. | : A major libertarian text. Two major frauds, brilliantly concealed: (1) it denies, yet resorts to consequentialism and (2) it completely fails to justify initial acquisition, needed for property rights. | ||
| − | ; 1944 | + | ; 1944 "[[The Road to Serfdom]]" by [[Friedrich von Hayek]]. |
: Another fundamental libertarian text. A comically failed prediction of the coming totalitarian socialist state in western nations. Important in the Thatcher and Reagan administrations. | : Another fundamental libertarian text. A comically failed prediction of the coming totalitarian socialist state in western nations. Important in the Thatcher and Reagan administrations. | ||
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Please suggest more! | Please suggest more! | ||
