The Value of Reliable Statistics
Amol Agrawal
Authoritarian leaders dislike statistical systems. One of the first institutions/people they fire is statisticians. Trump did the same. Nicholas Bloom, Erica L. Groshen, Duncan Hobbs & Michael R. Strain on importance of a reliable and robust statistical system: On August 1, 2025, President Trump fired the head of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and claimed that the […]