March 11, 2005

Social Security - Enemy of Marriage and Children?

So I see that the University of Buffalo refers to one of the authors of this ridiculous study as a "renowned economist". And maybe he's renowned in Buffalo, but from reading his work it looks to me like his knowledge of comparative public policy has more than a few holes. And some of the holes resemble, oh, let's call them gaping chasms. I mean how can you study rates of marriage in a country without including measures of the religion of the population. And the assumptions in the paper are breathtaking: marriage is a prerequisite for having children; altruistic parents; a successful marriage is a core part of every individual's utility function? You've got to be kidding me. Ugh. There are some economists who really shouldn't even try to study politics given that their assumptions are so unrealistic, and it would appear that the authors of this ridiculous piece of pro-Bush propoganda are among them.

Posted by armand at March 11, 2005 04:10 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Politics


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