> The contemptuous charge by economic “scientists” that all this experience by consumers is merely “anecdotal,” that hard quantitative data and their statistical manipulations demonstrate that economic growth is lively, that the economy is doing splendidly, that inflation is over, and all the rest, doesn’t cut any ice either. In the end, all this “science” has only succeeded in convincing the public that economic and statistical experts rank up there with lawyers and politicians as a bunch of—how shall we put it?—“disinformation specialists.”