This 1 hr podcast is a great example of that: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2012/04/burkhauser_on_t.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2012/04/burkhauser_

This 1 hr podcast is a great example of that: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2012/04/burkhauser_on_t.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2012/04/burkhauser_on_t.htm... Basically, by changing the way you look at the numbers, the story changes from "The middle class has disappeared over the last 30 years" to "The middle class has done great and become wealthy over the last 30 years"