Social science production

[Brad De Long]

>I am glad that Carrol mentioned Gould's book _The Mismeasure of Man_ in
>this debate.
>
>Gould's most valuable conclusion is that the racist rubbish he deconstructs
>in his book was produced not by crackpots working in the basements of
>policy institutes of dubious reputation -- but by the centers of analytics
>excellence like Stanford or Princeton, and complete with all standards of
>scientific rigor -- Brad de Long notwithstanding.

Hold it.

Certainly one of the top five most effective trashers of Herrnstein and
Murray's _Bell Curve_ has been the University of Chicago's James Heckman,
who is as right-wing as they come but has zero tolerance for sloppy
statistics.

I have been told that Murray no longer dares appear on the same platform as
Heckman...

Brad DeLong