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computerfriend on Oct 6, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Missing Covid-19 test data was caused by the ill-t...

Also the post-2008 financial crisis austerity programs based on Excel analysis.

https://mathbabe.org/2013/04/17/global-move-to-austerity-bas...

rjtavares on Oct 6, 2020 [–]

Austerity wasn't based on that study, and it didn't go away once that error was found.

disgruntledphd2 on Oct 6, 2020 | [–]

That study was the intellectual justification for the policy.

To be fair, I'm not sure if any of the proponents actually believed (or had read) the study, but it was definitely wheeled out in debates against Keynesians.

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