Some of the results reported by Fogel and Engerman were used – not by the authors themselves, it should be noted – to challenge affirmative action and question the civil-rights movement. Similarly, some of the results reported by Reinhart and Rogoff have been used by politicians and others to justify fiscal austerity.
福格尔和恩格曼的一些报告结果被用来&mdash;&mdash;要注意的是并不是被作者本人使用&mdash;&mdash;挑战平权法案和质疑民权运动。同样地，莱恩哈特和罗格夫的一些报告结果也被政客和另外一些人用来证明财政紧缩政策的合理性。