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Econospinning : how to read between the lines when the media manipulate the numbers /

by Epstein, Gene,
Published by : Wiley, (Hoboken, N.J :) Physical details: xxii, 246 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN: 0471735132 Subject(s): Mass media %Objectivity %United States. | Journalism %Objectivity %United States. | United States %Economic policy %Press coverage. Year: 2006
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Book Book AUM Main Library 070.44933 E646 (Browse Shelf) Available JBC/2012/6137
Book Book AUM Main Library 070.44933 E646 (Browse Shelf) Available JBC/2012/6137

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-233) and index.

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 unemployment rate -- Wages and productivity -- The "spectacular profit boom" that never happened -- End the monthly madness : the change in payroll employment -- End the monthly madness : the unemployment rate -- Greenspan idolatry -- Best-selling myths : freakonomics -- Best-selling myths : nickeled and dimed -- Dobbs and jobs.

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