tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post2596789835220133406..comments2024-03-27T03:00:27.024-04:00Comments on Facts & other stubborn things: Krugman, Austerity, and Growth: No, no, no, no, no...Evanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12259004160963531720noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-62506639751997119962012-02-20T16:20:35.122-05:002012-02-20T16:20:35.122-05:00Thanks for this post, Daniel. You're right, if...Thanks for this post, Daniel. You're right, if you take out those 4 outliers, the whole thing changes dramatically. I also wonder what would happen if you did the same scatterplot, but with total spending instead of spending on goods & services.Bob Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001108408649311528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-53693216311518995532012-02-20T04:59:11.220-05:002012-02-20T04:59:11.220-05:00As he now followed up with a post on 1930-1962, I ...As he now followed up with a post on 1930-1962, I was wondering where you get data from that time... FRED starts in 1947?rrbhttp://ratracingbets.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-70139722036940407602012-02-20T01:17:24.349-05:002012-02-20T01:17:24.349-05:00I am fairly convinced that a good portion of what ...I am fairly convinced that a good portion of what PK writes has no primary purpose other than generate controversy. He's no dunce, so I have to assume that his secondary purpose is something like selling papers, or controversy for the sake of controversy, or being able to say "I MUST be right, look at 'those' people, who disagree with me. I rarely read him anymore, because of idiotic articles like the one you called out.Charles Ricenoreply@blogger.com