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

Main Author: Epstein, Gene, 1944-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2006.
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100 1 |a Epstein, Gene,  |d 1944- 
245 1 |a Econospinning :  |b how to read between the lines when the media manipulate the numbers /  |c Gene Epstein. 
260 1 |a Hoboken, N.J. :  |b Wiley,  |c c2006. 
300 1 |a xxii, 246 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 1 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-233) and index. 
505 1 |a 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. 
650 1 |a Mass media  |x Press coverage.  |z United States  |x Objectivity 
650 1 |a Journalism  |x Objectivity  |z United States 
651 1 |a United States  |x Economic policy 
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