QOTD: Economists, Plumage and t-Values

Economist Ed Leamer on his profession’s fondness for showing off in its own bizarre and idiosyncratic way:

Like elaborately plumed birds…we preen and strut and display our t-values.

Source:

“Economics focus: Cause and defect,” The Economist, August 13, 2009, http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14210799.

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