On: The Baltic Demographic Disaster

[bradleyland]

Points 1 & 2 are facts, and are not in dispute, but point 3 is a question, not a statement.

"Don't ignore population growth/decline when examining economic reform."

Ok, but what of it? Is anyone ignoring that? If the author believes that the population decline in the Baltics is due to the economic policy therein, then they should find ways to establish that causal relationship, not just point at a graph and say "see here".

[mjn → bradleyland]

> Ok, but what of it? Is anyone ignoring that?

Yes, just about every article that uses the Baltic countries as an economic example to emulate fails to mention this bit.

[gruseom → bradleyland]

You're complaining about a causality claim that he never makes.

[acjohnson55 → gruseom]

He only nods his head repeatedly in its general direction.