tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post1055713391472421793..comments2024-03-20T13:10:11.477+05:30Comments on nanopolitan: Ezra Klein on SuperfreakonomicsAbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-11990458427976755852009-11-05T09:47:25.266+05:302009-11-05T09:47:25.266+05:30Actually, they are almost always wrong. I read som...Actually, they are almost always wrong. I read somewhere that astrologers have a better hit rate than economists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-47071438776928591182009-11-05T09:04:14.272+05:302009-11-05T09:04:14.272+05:30They are economists. By definition, they cannot be...They are economists. By definition, they cannot be wrong. :-)Nikethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882163077938014472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-74919556738482853962009-11-05T06:48:51.713+05:302009-11-05T06:48:51.713+05:30Freakonomics is writing a catchy, usually counteri...Freakonomics is writing a catchy, usually counterintuitive, slogan and then deriving/manipulating data to fit it. <br /><br />They would make good ad copywriters. Though, to be fair to them, it is kinda hard to survive in economics if you don't make a lot of noise. They found a creative way of making noise, though this time around the 'creativity' went too far, and they got caught, kinda like some of those 'creative accountants' we've been hearing about lately.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com