Honest numbers and democracy

Description:

In Honest Numbers and Democracy, Walter Williams offers a revealing history of policy analysis in the federal government and a scorching critique of what's wrong with social policy analysis today. Williams, a policy insider who witnessed the birth of domestic policy analysis during the Johnson administration, contends that the increasingly partisan U.S. political environment is vitiating both "honest numbers" - the data used to direct public policy - and, more importantly, honest analysts, particularly in the White House.

subjects: Social indicators,  Methodology,  Statistics,  Social conditions,  Statistical services,  Social policy,  Decision making,  Sozialpolitik,  Sozialer Indikator,  Democracy,  United states, social conditions, 1945-,  United states, statistics,  United states, social policy

Places: United States

Times: 1945-