{"product_id":"econospinning-9780471735137","title":"Econospinning","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGene Epstein knows a thing or two about economic data. Before becoming the Economics Editor for Barron's in 1993, he was a senior economist at the New York Stock Exchange. Now in Econospinning, Epstein supplies readers with a book that attempts to cut through the veil of economic misinformation commonly reported in today's media.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Econospinning has everything going for it. The book's focus - how economists and publications mislead readers, often to buttress their ideological positions - is inherently important.\"--Australian Financial Review  \u003cp\u003e\"There is lots more to Epstein's book and it is all of the highest quality.\"  (\u003ci\u003eQuarterly Journal of Austrian Economics\u003c\/i\u003e, Winter 2007)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface.  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Eldercare Fraud.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Two Ways to Measure Employment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Bush League Economics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Long-Term Unemployment Myths.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: The Case of the Phantom Dropouts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Participation Rate Follies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: What Does the Employment-Population Ratio Tell Us?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: May Average Hourly Earnings Rest in Peace.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Hourly Compensation and the Unemployment Rate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Wages and Productivity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11: The Record Profit Boom That Never Happened.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12: End the Monthly Madness: The Change in Payroll Employment Data.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13: End the Monthly Madness: The Unemployment Rate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Greenspan Idolatry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15: Best-Selling Myths: \u003ci\u003eFreakonomics\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16:Best-Selling Myths: \u003ci\u003eNickel and Dimed\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17: Dobbs and Jobs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402664026455,"sku":"9780471735137","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780471735137.jpg?v=1730481162","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/econospinning-9780471735137","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}