Numbers Racket: Why the economy is worse than we know

If Washington's harping on weapons of mass destruction was essential to buoy public support for the invasion of Iraq, the use of deceptive statistics has played its own vital role in convincing many Americans that the U.S. economy is stronger, fairer, more productive, more dominant, and richer with opportunity than it actually is. Full Story »

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by Ben Ross - Oct. 1, 2008

five page story about the way econ figures are figured,,,,,the history of adjusting so as to ease the shock of crummy economics. Not a surprise, still strange to see this info presented so forthrightly.

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