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Author Epstein, Gene, 1944-

Title Econospinning : how to read between the lines when the media manipulate the numbers / Gene Epstein.

Publication Info. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [2006]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  330.973 E64E    Check Shelf
Description xxii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-233) and index.
Contents 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? -- May average hourly earnings rest in peace -- Hourly compensation and the unemployment rate -- Wages and productivity -- The record profit boom that never happened -- End the monthly madness : the change in payroll employment data -- End the monthly madness : the unemployment rate -- Greenspan idolatry -- Best-selling myths : freakonomics -- Best-selling myths : nickeled and dimed -- Dobbs and jobs.
Subject United States -- Economic policy -- Press coverage.
Mass media -- Objectivity -- United States.
Journalism -- Objectivity -- United States.
ISBN 9780471735137 cloth
0471735132 cloth
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