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April 9, 2013 0

Meta-analysis in the middle

By News Desk

Tweet My general view both in general and as a policymaker in my small local-office pond is that a widely held (few expert dissenters) and strongly held (high confidence) consensus position might as well be a fact as far as the policymaking is concerned . A contradictory study is just that, a study. If it turns out to be accurate, then the consensus will eventually fracture soon enough and create problems for policymakers, but there’s no need or even a rational way for policymaking to jump the gun

April 7, 2013 0

Netherlands, the Next Chip to Fall?

By News Desk

First consider Underwater: The Netherlands Falls Prey to Economic Crisis . The Netherlands, Berlin’s most important ally in pushing for greater budgetary discipline in Europe, has fallen into an economic crisis itself