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1. Check the numbers; From the U. S. subprime crisis to global warming, bad research is driving disastrous public policy

   Appeared in the Financial Post Empirical research in what are commonly called ‘peer-reviewed’ academic journals is often used as the basis for public policy decisions, in part because people think that ‘peer-review’ involves checking the accuracy of the ...

2. Check the Numbers: The Case for Due Diligence in Policy Formation

   Empirical research in academic journals is often cited as the basis for public policy decisions, in part because people think that the journals have checked the accuracy of the research. Yet such work is rarely subjected to independent checks for accuracy ...