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[patdennis]

Call me elitist, but I hardly think that a single story from a blogger/editor at the Atlantic is enough to discount all of the work of one of the preeminent scholars of bankruptcy law in the United States.

Warren has successfully defended her conclusions in academic circles for years.

[MichaelSalib → patdennis]

We could use a bit more elitism. If the best criticism of Warren's work one can find comes from an innumerate like McArdle [1], it's probably pretty sound.

[1] http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/12/23/gastritis-broke-my-c...

[anamax → patdennis]

> Call me elitist

I'll call you overly impressed by irrelevant credentials. (She's not an economist or statistician.)

As for me, the validity of her conclusions don't depend on where she works, whether she was wrong about being part Native American, etc.

> Warren has successfully defended her conclusions in academic circles for years.

The Atlantic story contains cites to some academic eviscerations of Warren's work....