Econospinning : how to read between the lines when the media manipulate the numbers / Gene Epstein.
Econospinning : how to read between the lines when the media manipulate the numbers / Gene Epstein.
Econospinning : how to read between the lines when the media manipulate the numbers / Gene Epstein.
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Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2006.
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N070.44933/6
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English
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xxii, 246 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1 Eldercare fraud -- Ch. 2 Two ways to measure employment -- Ch. 3 Bush League economics -- Ch. 4 Long-term unemployment myths -- Ch. 5 The case of the phantom dropouts -- Ch. 6 Participation rate follies -- Ch. 7 What does the employment-population ratio tell us? -- Ch. 8 May average hourly ear...
Eldercare fraud -- Two ways to measure employment -- Bush league economics -- Long-term unemployment myths -- The case of the phantom dropouts -- Participation rate follies -- What does the employment-population ratio tell us? -- Average hourly earnings rip -- Hourly compensation and the unemploymen...
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Publisher
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2006.
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New Jersey
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c2006.
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"In Econospinning, Epstein cuts through the veil of economic misinformation commonly reported in today's media. Each chapter of Econospinning is structured around fairly simple propositions about the economy or about specific economic data - from tracking employment numbers to measuring corporate profitability - that are then contrasted with the di...
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Econospinning : how to read between the lines when the media manipulate the numbers / Gene Epstein.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N070.44933/6
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0471735132 (cloth)
9780471735137 (cloth)
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070.449330973
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991021748989702626
