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Stuart_Armstrong comments on What did governments get right? Gotta list them all! - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 18 September 2013 07:06:59PM 1 point [-]

What's wrong with estimating the government's competence by looking at real-life results, long-term data?

Do you have good sources for that?

Comment author: Lumifer 18 September 2013 07:12:25PM 3 points [-]

Statistics published by large organizations such as UN, WHO, IMF, etc. They shouldn't be taken as gospel, but should be sufficient for looking at broad outlines -- e.g. infant mortality, education, public infrastructure...