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If there's one thing that's certain in a digital world, it's that we are surrounded by ever-increasing amounts of data. From your daily step counts to weather reports to global market trends, data is ...

Below, Gene Ludwig shares five key insights from his new book, The Mismeasurement of America: How Outdated Government Statistics Mask the Economic Struggle of Everyday Americans. Americans keep ...

The trustworthiness of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) data on inflation, employment, wages, productivity, and consumer spending has historically been a concern only for cranks and conspiracy ...

The review comes weeks after President Trump fired the head of the statistics agency after an unexpectedly weak monthly jobs report. By Ben Casselman and Lydia DePillis The inspector general’s office ...

President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a “scam,” accusing one of the top overseers of government statistics of cooking the ...

President Trump ordered the firing of Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Erika McEntarfer, asserting without evidence that the government’s jobs numbers have been manipulated for political ...

President Donald Trump ousted the head of the Labor Department’s statistical arm Friday after the latest monthly jobs report came in well under expectations. “I have directed my Team to fire this ...

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Politicians Manipulating Statistics: How they Do it and How to Oppose Them Michael Billig & Cristina Marinho Cambridge Univ. Press (2025) “What an odd topic — surely you don’t suppose that politicians ...

To help place the ideal ages provided by respondents in context, we compiled data on when in life people around the world actually get married and become eligible for certain retirement benefits.