Talk:The World Economy: Historical Statistics

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Added an infobox. --GwydionM 21:32, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Criticism?

This book has been criticized in many quarters as well, in particular by other historical national account experts. Something of their criticism should be added to the page. Here are some excerpts from Bryan Haig's (Australian National University) review in Economic Reports, volume 81, 2005.

Haig's final sentence is a withering assessment: "by the standards of Australian official statisticians, they (Maddison's estimates) are inaccurate and irrelevant as a measure of Australian real income in the 19th century," Could someone please include a sentence or two to the page addressing the criticism. Thanks. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 01:16, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

This partucular criticism is on one Australian statistics and would unbalance the article. To link to a criticism in 'External Links' would be perfectly normal.--GwydionM 12:09, 13 August 2007 (UTC)