Well, gosh, I spend my life with this stuff, too as do the follks on the
unemployment statistics list. Michael Perelman is right. There isn't really
a contradiction between saying the methodology is flawed and the numbers are
misleading yet recognizing that the people who collect the data are honest
and well-intentioned.

Doug Henwood wrote,

>Well, damn, I only spend my life with this stuff, so I guess I'm at a
>disadvantage not having just done a five minute Lexis search.

Tom Walker
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