tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post2505989184017595853..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: The Evils of Government Data Collection (And Its Origins)Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-77198212204578060672014-04-17T20:26:58.463-04:002014-04-17T20:26:58.463-04:00It would be interesting if people started throwing...It would be interesting if people started throwing their American Community Surveys in the trash like I do. I also throw the Survey of Business Owners out whenever I get it. Of course they threaten all sorts of legal action, but what are they going to do? I also only fill in the "# of people in the household" on the census form.<br /><br />Anything else is totally unconstitutional. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128461992644570675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-14726205169332437402014-04-17T19:00:37.401-04:002014-04-17T19:00:37.401-04:00JW: Troll. Who has not a slightest clue that Aust...JW: Troll. Who has not a slightest clue that Austrian economics is QUALIITATIVE. It cannot be falsified or confirmed by any statistics, no more than Pythagoras theorem could be.<br /><br />Indeed, Austrian economics holds that any aggregate macro-economic metrics are essentially meaningless because they always amount to addition of apples to oranges.averrosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-59761237251817281842014-04-17T18:25:42.092-04:002014-04-17T18:25:42.092-04:00What makes the Mt. Everest of statistical blather ...What makes the Mt. Everest of statistical blather even more dangerous is the completely nonsensical Keynesian models that it populates. It's worse than garbage in-garbage out because the macro theories are a crock. Even if the data were rock solid and the Gods honest truth (and not just a bunch of self serving statist propaganda) the macro models are as reliable as an IPCC prediction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-25418885555211172422014-04-17T18:21:32.532-04:002014-04-17T18:21:32.532-04:00You do seem to delight in being an imbecile Jerry....You do seem to delight in being an imbecile Jerry. Mommy chase you out of the basement to go buy her some cigs and pizza?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-77458474100629139562014-04-17T17:53:16.748-04:002014-04-17T17:53:16.748-04:00If that's your takeaway, Jerry, you fail Rothb...If that's your takeaway, Jerry, you fail Rothbard 101. Retake the class and perhaps you will understand how grossly you mischaracterize Rothbard's argument.<br /><br />Try this for a start: "In human action there are no quantitative constants. As a necessary corollary, all praxeological-economic laws are qualitative, not quantitative."Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-13626720754616269702014-04-17T14:57:44.344-04:002014-04-17T14:57:44.344-04:00Govt data is only accurate when it supports the Au...Govt data is only accurate when it supports the Austrian school. Economic data can not refute economic theory. If the economic data contradicts economic theory, the data is wrong. Rothbard 101.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com