It’s not always that the numbers are wrong, it’s normally that the framework that they are assessed with is wrong. That’s how you lie with statistics.

Take for instance your unemployment stat from an earlier post - it’s calculated excluding people who “aren’t actively seeking work” and doesn’t have any regard for the quality, quantity, or type of labor that someone is participating in.

If I have 10M who stop looking for jobs, the unemployment number goes down. But that doesn’t reflect anything positive about the state of the world. Similarly, if everyone has a job but it’s state mandated and doesn’t pay enough to feed your family, then unemployment can be 0% but you’re in a gulag. Do you see what I’m saying?