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In Washingtons town of facts and opinions
Politicians rely on specialists as a flood of data meets hard questions about policy. The piece contends experts claim decisive facts yet predictive and contemporary facts remain scarce. It recalls Nixon era price controls and Truman’s bomb decision, warning that experts often cloak opinions as facts in a data rich town.
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Herbert J. Stein
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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