On Tue, 30 Mar 2010, Doug Henwood wrote:
> It amazes me how innumerate otherwise educated people can be. It's so
> easy to bamboozle. It makes me wonder though - do economists really
> believe this shit, or are they conscious bamboozlers?
Krugman had a nice chart on that today:
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/health-reform-revelations
It was healthcare rather than SS, but same point.
Michael