[Will88]

I thought it was more along the lines of "the author provides scant data that doesn't support his conclusion, and I'm providing no data myself to prove it.

You persist with your usual nonsense, inane one-liners which provide nothing but sweeping generalities and no meaningful discussion.

[1rudeboy]

You're going to have to correct me if I'm wrong, but the only data you've provided (by posting a link--not very difficult), is to "prove" that the Fed caused the Great Depression, an issue that was not in dispute.

So don't get touchy when I point out that your dispute with this author contains the sweeping generalities and meaningless discussion you find so "offensive."

Think about it, what do you do? Someone presents data, and "it's not good enough." Someone else turns the discussion toward the abstract, and "it's a sweeping generality." Why don't you post some data yourself so you can get a dose of your own medicine?

[expat_panama]

scant data presented in the lead article

People say the US doesn't make anything anymore.   The article showed historical industrial production in constant dollars increasing over decades, and also showed the share of world output up from 12 years ago.  If you still say America has no manufacturing and won't back it up, then the impression is that you have convictions so solid that any data presented will always be called 'scant' no matter what.