http://larrywillmore.net/blog/2009/12/11/growthgate/ Semi-daily posts, related largely to economics and government policy Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:36:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://larrywillmore.net/blog/2009/12/11/growthgate/comment-page-1/#comment-735 D. Watson Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:42:23 +0000 http://larrywillmore.net/blog/?p=578#comment-735 Just for the record, I would think "accused" too strong a term. One of the things I admire about Easterly (as seen in White Man's Burden) is his willingness to say, "I used to think X, and I was wrong." I looked at it as giving him an opportunity for further clarification. In fact, that's what he said about one of the three papers (with some caveats). For another he said that the results supported his current conclusion in that they were 'negative' results. But yes, we are still looking forward to that further illumination. Just for the record, I would think “accused” too strong a term. One of the things I admire about Easterly (as seen in White Man’s Burden) is his willingness to say, “I used to think X, and I was wrong.” I looked at it as giving him an opportunity for further clarification. In fact, that’s what he said about one of the three papers (with some caveats). For another he said that the results supported his current conclusion in that they were ‘negative’ results. But yes, we are still looking forward to that further illumination.

]]>