It doesn't help that policymakers and Economists quite openly admit they will and even should lie to you about the state of the economy. But to go so far as to call legitimate and widely-shared criticism misinformation is taking this too far. The reason it is going this way is just how difficult the situation has become, which brings us back to the first point: who's actually telling the truth?
Eurodollar University's conversations w/Steve Van Metre
Should Economists Deceive? Prosocial Lying, Paternalism, and the ‘Ben Bernanke Problem’
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1256&context=peri_workingpapers
FoxNews Democrat claiming 'inflation rates are down' interrupted by higher than expected inflation report
https://www.foxnews.com/media/democrat-claiming-inflation-rates-down-interrupted-higher-expected-inflation-report
The Undecideds What Are Undecided Voters Really Thinking?
https://markhalperin.substack.com/p/what-are-undecided-voters-really
Bloomberg Fed’s Bostic Says Policy Is Taking Longer to Slow Growth
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-23/fed-s-bostic-says-policy-is-taking-longer-to-slow-growth
https://www.eurodollar.university
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