Paul Krugman: Sometimes the Evidence Is Not Evident Enough

Friday, 01 June 2012 09:58 

This seems to be a meta period, with reactions to how people think — or, all too often, don’t think — about economics taking center stage. Justin Fox, editorial director of the Harvard Business Review Group, posted an interesting article on HBR.com recently documenting something I more or less knew, but am glad to see confirmed: People aren’t very receptive to evidence if it doesn’t come from a member of their cultural community.