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

Author: Epstein, Gene, 1944-

Imprint:Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2006.

Descriptionxxii, 246 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note: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.

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

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