Vol. 39, No. 06
03/27/2023
The Review
How the Government Skews America
The Myth of American Inequality: How Government Biases Policy Debate, by Phil Gramm, Robert Ekelund, and John Early, Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2022, 264 pages, hardcover.
Statistics have been likened to witnesses: They can testify for either side. Yet, even if that is so, you still do have to make decisions about which party is guilty.
However, there are a few ground rules. We need to understand that man, if healthy, lives by production; the state lives by appropriation and redistribution. Thus, when looking at figures, it behooves us to look very carefully at those favoring data that tend to enhance the size and power of the state.
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