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It doesn't help that policymakers and Economists quite openly admit they will and even should lie to you about the state of the economy. But to go so far as to call legitimate and widely-shared criticism misinformation is taking this too far. The reason it is going this way is just how difficult the situation has become, which brings us back to the first point: who's actually telling the truth?

Eurodollar University's conversations w/Steve Van Metre

Should Economists Deceive? Prosocial Lying, Paternalism, and the ‘Ben Bernanke Problem’
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1256&context=peri_workingpapers

FoxNews Democrat claiming 'inflation rates are down' interrupted by higher than expected inflation report
https://www.foxnews.com/media/democrat-claiming-inflation-rates-down-interrupted-higher-expected-inflation-report

The Undecideds What Are Undecided Voters Really Thinking?
https://markhalperin.substack.com/p/what-are-undecided-voters-really

Bloomberg Fed’s Bostic Says Policy Is Taking Longer to Slow Growth
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-23/fed-s-bostic-says-policy-is-taking-longer-to-slow-growth

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