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Truth & Transparency = A Stronger Democracy
8-29-13: Hour 1, Segment 3.
Malcom Gladwell speaks on income inequality at the 2010 New Yorker Festival. Watch The New Yorker on The Scene: http://thescene.com Subscribe to the all-new The New Yorker channel here:...
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Determined to find the law that requries American citizens to pay income tax, producer Aaron Russo (Bette Midler'sThe Rose, Trading Places) set out on a jour...
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Some Government Statistics You Can Believe And Others You Really Shouldn't
For the truth is that we've really got to be very careful indeed about which statistics we take as being true in our discussions of that public policy. Sometimes governments really do lie about things. Sometimes people misunderstand what the statistic ...
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Why does a government distort statistics? For two reasons: First, to mislead its public. Though the public doesn't comprise only economics experts, rates of inflation and unemployment are critical barometers by which the average citizen can interpret ...
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