A Controversial Pick to Head the BLS

The Partisan Economist Trump Wants to Oversee the Nation’s Data
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/ej-antoni-who-bls-44f73217
E.J. Antoni lacks the research record of previous commissioners of the Bureau of Labor Statistics but has a solid record of backing Trump’s narrative of the economy. 

The Reason Economists Are Worried About Trump’s Labor Statistics Choices
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/opinion/trump-bls-nominee-antoni.html
 
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https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/hackification