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> It's entirely possible that these goons will start fiddling with official statistics around things like unemployment and inflation to tell us that inflation is not actually happening any more and that therefore we must cut interest rates, or some such.

in the end statistics is a science, and results can be cross-referenced with independent sources.

you may get away with a bit, but not with much [1].

[1]: https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/economy/argentina-loses-bid-...



Don't rely on this. It works when bad actors are isolated and hoping nobody will notice, but not so well when there are tens of millions ready to repeat the official line, whether they believe it or not.


tens of millions? well then your problem is not that officals could fudge the numbers, your house is on fire, of course my comment doesn't apply.


And yet we have the saying "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics"!




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