05-08-2008, 04:23 AM
> The figures HAVE been cooked...
That's very true. For example, the unemployment rate in this country is calculated at roughly one-half what it would have been calculated at in the 1980's using the same raw data.
The phenomenon is called "pollyanna creep."
http://www.straightstocks.com/politics-a...nna-creep/
That's very true. For example, the unemployment rate in this country is calculated at roughly one-half what it would have been calculated at in the 1980's using the same raw data.
The phenomenon is called "pollyanna creep."
http://www.straightstocks.com/politics-a...nna-creep/