Presenting free-floating data and claiming to have made a case is like presenting a bucket of paint and claiming that you've made a painting.
What on earth are you talking about? This is a discussion, it's not a PhD thesis!
But when you bring numbers to the table, you either do it to make a point - in which case you need to present a plausible model to translate those numbers into a conclusion.
Or you're not - in which case the numbers are just noise that add nothing to the debate.
You're the dude making claims here. You've got to present a case if you want those claims to be taken seriously. And so far, what you have presented is not a case, any more than a disorderly pile of bricks is a house.
And if you don't want your claims to be taken seriously, then why the are we having this discussion, anyway?
- Jake If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.
