Tue 2008-09-02 00:00 EDT
Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: GDP Much Weaker Than Headline Numbers
overstating GDP; understating inflation
GDP; headline number; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis; weaker.
overstates GDP Topic in The Credit Debacle Catalog
Tue 2008-09-02 00:00 EDT
naked capitalism: GDP Release Signals Further Decline into Banana Republic Status
overstating GDP, understating inflation; ``taking steps towards being a small-minded, elite-dominated, sham democracy...I wonder if there is some unconscious mass desire to give up on the messiness and ambiguity of an open society and surrender to the certainty of one with institutionalized inequality, more authoritarianism, but more predictability, and perhaps an illusion of greater security.''
Banana Republic Status; GDP Release Signals Further Decline; naked capitalism.
Tue 2007-08-28 00:00 EDT
naked capitalism: America: Banana Republic Watch
(2007-05-06); "taking steps towards being a small-minded, elite-dominated, sham democracy"; overstating employment; ministry of truth; overstating GDP by hedonic adjustment; birth/death adjustments to employment; "Banana Republic Indicators"