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 604 255 4812