[PEN-L:9471] Re: Re: DeLong's statistics

["Henry C.K. Liu" <hliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brad De Long wrote:

>         ... Since Rummel is the only person to undertake a serious,
>         comprehensive study of this century's many oceans of blood--any
>         look at governments in the century as a whole has to start from his
>         work.
>
>         footnote 1/Some of the estimates are solid; some are shaky; some
>         are wild guesses. I think some estimates are too high, and some
>         too low. (I suspect that Communist China and Nazi Germany should
>         be switched on Rummel's list.) But Rummel's estimates are not
>         without supporting evidence. On average, I believe they are close
>         enough to correct to serve as a very useful starting point.

Hmm.  Some too high; some shaky. some wild guesses.  And DeLong BELIVES, repeat,
believes they are close enough to correct to serve as avery useful starting point.

Some quantitative analysis.  He SUSPECTS, repeat suspects that Communist
China.....
Economics is an inexact science alright.  Except DeLong is talking about MURDER,
not bananas.

Michael, I am not heaving heavily.

Henry C.K. Liu