Do not make the mistake of thinking that because my conclusion is the same as another person's that my reasoning is the same
I got some back-story here. Tyler Cowen asked for blogging topics and Timothy Waligore of the Free Dartmouth submitted the Sacerdote paper. And apparantly there was an angry student letter, the Dartmouth Observer simply linked to the article that inspired the letter rather than the letter itself.
The original Dartmouth Observer article and Mr. Cowen drew inferences from the Sacerdote paper that are simply not supported by it. Jacob Levy's initial response restored the Volokh Conspircy's reputation for rigor. I don't know why the follow up post that so distracted me was made, but Mr. Levy has said he'll not likely respond to Timothy Waligore response (which is considerably more substantial than that of the Dartmouth Observer) nor mine. Frankly, I don't blame him. Shit and flames, man, shit and flames.
I had never read any of Mr. Cowen's work before this all came up, but I noted that he must have brought a predisposition against repartions to his reading of the Sacerdote paper, and I was right. I must say, however, that Dartmouth invited this misrepresentation from the very start, and Mr. Sacerdote did little (as opposed to nothing) to correct this.
One good thing about all this noise is I got a document or two I can use in further discussions of reparations, in particular Indigenous Minorities and the Shadow of Injustice Past. I found this while searching for an online copy of an article cited by Mr. Waligore.
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