> But what if the historical baseline has always been misleading, and undercounting a problem? Then you create a new metric, but keep the old one around for hi

> But what if the historical baseline has always been misleading, and undercounting a problem? Then you create a new metric, but keep the old one around for historical baselines. By the way, this is what the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is doing with the various unemployment metrics. > The point of redefining unemployment is to get a more accurate view of it, whereas this redefinition of murder gives a less accurate and completely pointless view of the problem. I see you are new to politics.