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Can We Trust the Jobs Report?

If Then | News on technology, Silicon Valley, politics, and tech policy by Slate Podcasts

Jul 31, 202632:55Business

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is a department for wonks, by wonks. But under the dual pressures of the changing nature of work—like the growing gig economy—and an administration that doesn’t accept bad news, should next...

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