记者、政治家和一般公众都有一种倾向,那就是对经济学家的研究成果加之以超乎实际的权威和准确性。不幸的是,经济学家在公众面前很少表现出谦虚的态度。当赌注很高时,政治对手会利用从经济学家和其他研究人员那里得来的一切证据,这并没有什么稀希。比如,最近美国保守派政客和欧盟官员利用卡门·莱因哈特(Carmen Reinhart)和肯尼斯·罗格夫(Kenneth Rogoff)等两位哈佛教授的研究来佐证他们支持的财政紧 There is a tendency among journalists, politicians, and the general public to add to economist’s research results unrealistic authority and accuracy. Unfortunately, economists rarely show modesty before the public. When betting is high, it is not uncommon for political opponents to use all the evidence available from economists and other researchers. For example, recently, conservative politicians and EU officials in the United States used the research of two Harvard professors, Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff, to support the fiscal tightness they supported