No Matter Who Is President, Don’t Trust Government Data

08/06/2025 Connor O'Keeffe

Whether President Trump overreacted to the recent BLS is irrelevant to the fact that government data often is inaccurate and politically suspect.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/no-matter-who-president-dont-trust-government-data

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