Lunatic Fringe Alert: Government Statistics Edition

Longtime reader Ricardo (aka Dick/DickF/RicardoZ) writes:

Our government is doing a serious disservice by falsifying the employment condition in our country.

If the secret government was really serious about falsifying the data to make it look better, they could for sure do a better job…

But seriously, how can economic discourse proceed if all the inconvenient data are disbelieved? Fortunately, Floyd Norris is on the case, as is Paul Krugman. See also Econbrowser posts [1], [2], and [3].