Barry Ritholtz, Columnist

Soaring Crime, Bad Loans and Misleading Numbers

Clearing away ideological underbrush and cognitive biases makes it easier see the misuse of data.

July 21, 2016 at 1:47 PM UTC

Barry Ritholtz is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is chairman and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management, and was previously chief market strategist at Maxim Group. He is the author of “Bailout Nation.”

Not as dangerous as it used to be.
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Now that the political conventions are in full throat and the silly season has started, I thought it might be time for a reminder about reality.

In particular, the use and abuse of statistics, and the many ways people ignore data.