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Jun 13, 2018Errors in Nancy MacLean's Democracy in Chains (Spreadsheet)
tags: Democracy in Chains,Nancy MacLean,James Buchanan,Errors
For your reference purposes, here is a spreadsheet of documented factual errors, misrepresentations of evidence, and outright fabrications in Nancy MacLean's "Democracy in Chains."
As of right now the list stands at over 60 and is growing. Since she's back in the news with a new wave of book awards and scurrilous attacks on her critics, I figured it was time to make it sharable.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GxvYCKp9hxU9bAGVCMB6FIroBhs1O8a_UbaeO5voJRg/edit#gid=328911671
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