Honest numbers and democracy
By: Walter Williams.
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Social indicators -- United States.; United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-  -- Statistics.; United States -- Statistical services -- Methodology.; United States -- Social policy -- Decision making.
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.