Re:Meritocracy and its discontents: The merits of revisiting...
by tonyedgecombe on Saturday February 10, 2018 @03:31AM
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Of course there is nothing wrongheaded about contesting the findings of government economic forecasts--governments produce such forecasts out of necessity, not because they exemplify any paragon of scientific truth. Reasonable people often disagree about them.
It's an interesting situation in the UK because the civil service which created those forecasts cannot respond to the criticism, they are not allowed to under their remit. Normally politicians would defend this work but what government politician would defend something so bleak, no matter how accurate it may or may not be.
It's an interesting situation in the UK because the civil service which created those forecasts cannot respond to the criticism, they are not allowed to under their remit. Normally politicians would defend this work but what government politician would defend something so bleak, no matter how accurate it may or may not be.