December 02, 2007

Dangerously innumerate

In what may be the best word play yet on the name of my blog, Tom Hoffman had issues with my previous post on GDP overachievers. Check out the conversation: the phrase 'jibber jabber' was used!

Dec 2, 2007 7:38:24 AM | Law, Policy, and Ethics, Leadership and Vision, Miscellaneous, Research and Evaluation

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I think this is more about knowing what one knows than it is about GDP calculations. I think of it sort of like skilled people who misuse (their) "there" and "they're". They're still good at what they do, but if they tell you they're going to write a book on English language, you might want to flip through it at the bookstore before you buy it.

Posted by: Dave | December 03, 2007 at 11:48 AM

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