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.
- ISBN10 0878406700
- ISBN13 9780878406708
- Publish Date 1 April 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 5 March 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Georgetown University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 336
- Language English