All the governments plans, based on erroneous data

I came across this on the BBC news. We all know the government is tightening our belts for us (and some might say they are keeping us in the longest recession in living memory, but I don't know about that)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22223190

It seems that our government and the governments of several EU member states are basing their austerity measures on calculations made by two eminent Harvard professors. The trouble is a student has found a load of errors in the professors' calculations. Its apparently been checked, double checked, and checked again, and the result is the same. The two top profs are wrong, and governments are basing their policies on this incorrect data.

That could be embarrassing.

 

Even if its wrong the rich are getting richer,and the govenbents wont change their stance I dont suppose.