En France, critiquez mais soutenez @insee.fr . En Belgique, faites de même avec @statbel-fr.bsky.social. On a besoin de vous, pour répondre, pour relayer, pour vous servir de ce que l'on produit!

This is an INSANE decision by the E.U. “By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the U.S., the E.U. has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice that puts trade convenience ahead of saving lives.” This will kill people.

This week on #TheProfessorIsIn, we dig into official economic statistics. What are they? Why does the government provide them? Why there's a trade-off between accuracy, timeliness, and cost. And why it's so important that these numbers be produced free of political interference. youtu.be/oSbnv2drRkA

"In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it." - Orwell, 1984

I'm genuinely unsure whether this is the best or worst time to be working in official statistics 🤔

So, basically, going forward, we're going to have: ☑️ fake economic numbers ☑️ fake census numbers ☑️ fake public health numbers ☑️ no education numbers at all

Donald Trump Declares Victory Over Statistics

Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, a longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today

People have no idea how valuable it is to have accurate statistics on the state of the economy and society. And yet, here we are as Trump turns to another page in the autocrat's playbook.

Trump is ticking every box in the authoritarian playbook: firing the heads of statistical agencies that publish numbers he doesn’t like. U.S. data can no longer be trusted — and the world’s trust in America is gone for good. #EconSky

"People take statistical agencies for granted. So they're easy to cut because there's no lobby or special interest group that's powerful enough to protect them." - Ethan Harris, former head of global economic research at Bank of America www.reuters.com/business/us-...