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To: Mark Adams who wrote (108623)	6/13/2001 7:26:13 PM
From: yard_man	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

any of the calcs he has performed I am sure he will give you details on methods if you are interested enough to e-mail him. I have corresponded with him -- he will treat your request cordially, but whether he does or not -- there is a larger point: Is only information published in peer-reviewed journals of economics or any other discipline to be deemed authoritative or useful? I'm an EE -- I don't mind reading the peer-reviewed articles on information with which I am intimately familiar. Otherwise, there is much preliminary work to do in understanding the writing -- especially the nomenclature, mathematical notation, etc. Sometimes I prefer material that is summarized and leads me slowly into more detail or spurs me to look further. I'm sure that you can find peer-reviewed material discussing the same things -- I don't think this guy is trying to serve an audience of economic professionals -- he is trying to serve a larger "lay" audience and I think he does that quite well. Any of the ideas presented you can dig deeper ... I posted the question to CB because I'd like to see any holes that can be punched in his arguments at a larger level (detailed rebuttal is fine, too) -- so far all I've seen is the kind of thing you post. Where's all the details? What does it mean? I'd say take it at face value or dispute the things in which you have some expertise. He isn't trying to pass this off as scholarly research, but you are trying to hold him to that standard. You think that the BLS, IRS or Fed has higher standards for what they print or are somehow more objective, don't have an agenda. Have you worked with government data much in a professional capacity? Seriously?