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Analysing "real" unemployment. | 101 comments (101 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Analysing "real" unemployment. (none / 1)

and I meant to include the following:

as asdf said

I get a really strong conspiracy-theorist feeling when I read these diaries; just the same sort of stuff as at the Roswell "UFO museum," for example: Lining up a whole bunch of data points to demonstrate one position, while ignoring a bunch of others that are inconvenient.

Seemingly arbitrary adjustments such as this one does make you open to the accusation of "cooking the books".

by wchurchill on Sat Jun 17th, 2006 at 09:17:01 AM EST
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Re: Analysing "real" unemployment. (4.00 / 2)

Now you know how we feel when papers talk about Sweden's 15% joblessness rate or France's moribund economy.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Sat Jun 17th, 2006 at 09:49:14 AM EST
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