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segunda-feira, março 01, 2004

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Recomendo a leitura integral do artigo de Thomas Sowell no Opinion Journal

Why it's important for economists to combat public ignorance.

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[F]allacies flourish in discussions of economic policy issues, while the refutations of those fallacies lie dormant in old books and academic journals gathering dust on library shelves. As former House Majority Leader Dick Armey--an economist by trade--put it: "Demagoguery beats data in making public policy."

posted by Miguel Noronha 11:58 da manhã