The voodoo science of stimulus
Most social “science”, and macroeconomic modeling in particular, suffers from serious epistemological and methodological problems. In a recent article for Reason Peter Suderman discusses the questionable models that are used to evaluate the effects of the stimulus: According to the CBO’s estimates, depending on how the money is spent, one dollar of government spending can [...]
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