In the US, the government just openly changes the methodology, which is forgotten shortly after. Seems to work just as well as falsifying the stats, with none o

In the US, the government just openly changes the methodology, which is forgotten shortly after. Seems to work just as well as falsifying the stats, with none of the risk. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowstats.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowstats.com I'm not recommending Shadow Stats specifically - I have no idea how accurate or biased they are. But there's a clear need for this information in order to do any kind of historical comparisons of things as basic as inflation and unemployment numbers.