>>“Knowing what’s happening in our economy is so desperately important to keeping our economy functioning smoothly,” said Maurine Haver, the chief executive and

>>“Knowing what’s happening in our economy is so desperately important to keeping our economy functioning smoothly,” said Maurine Haver, the chief executive and founder of Haver Analytics, a data analysis company. “The reason the Great Recession did not become another Great Depression is because of the more current economic data we have today that we didn’t have in the 1930s.” Dr. Haver's "data analysis" company benefits enormously from the free availability of ACS data, freeing her & her clients from having to gather these data on their own. She is not exactly an impartial voice in this debate.