Jump to content

Boskin Commission: Difference between revisions

36 bytes added ,  Yesterday at 06:55
Line 595: Line 595:
|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
|username=EricRWeinstein
|username=EricRWeinstein
|content=The moral of the story to me is this:
|content=The [[Morals|moral]] of the story to me is this:


We can’t have outside folks calculating and theorizing while the inside economists are fudging and cooking the books.
We can’t have outside folks calculating and theorizing while the inside economists are fudging and cooking the books.
Line 609: Line 609:
|content=One of the things my trolls like to point to is outrageous claims.
|content=One of the things my trolls like to point to is outrageous claims.


One of my most *outrageous* is that my joint work on a 2nd Marginal Revolution for economics was scuttled by the Harvard Department of Economics '''Boskin Commissioners'''.
One of my most *outrageous* is that my joint work on a 2nd Marginal Revolution for economics was scuttled by the Harvard Department of Economics [[Boskin Commission|Boskin Commissioners]].


Yet it’s admitted:
Yet it’s admitted:
Line 632: Line 632:
|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
|username=EricRWeinstein
|username=EricRWeinstein
|content=In any event, I stand by my claim. The '''Boskin Commission''' was organized by Moynihan and Packwood to deliberately break the [[CPI]] in a precise amount to avoid the US paying 1 trillion dollars over 10 years.
|content=In any event, I stand by my [[Claims|claim]]. The [[Boskin Commission]] was organized by Moynihan and Packwood to deliberately break the [[CPI]] in a precise amount to avoid the US paying 1 trillion dollars over 10 years.


And I promise you no leading economist will call bullshit to debate this.
And I promise you no leading economist will call bullshit to debate this.