%0 Journal Article %T Second Reply to Bergh %A PETER H. LINDERT %J Econ Journal Watch %D 2006 %I Institute of Spontaneous Order Economics %X I AM PLEASED THAT IN HIS SECOND COMMENT ANDREAS BERGH (2006b) has decided to ˇ°try even harder to recur to the facts,ˇ± and agrees that on the key econometric front our ˇ°actual disagreement is very smallˇ±. He also now reveals that he is ˇ°in fact rather friendly to the welfare state.ˇ± We seem to have achieved some convergence. Still, he retains some lingering disagreements with my analysis, and two main disagreements deserve to be noted briefly. %U http://www.econjournalwatch.org/pdf/Lindert2ndReplySeptember2006.pdf