The Washington Post's charts on how the economy has changed since Covid do not tell us the whole story https://cepr.net/correcting-the-washington-posts-11-charts-that-are-supposed-to-tell-us-how-the-economy-changed-since-covid/
Correcting the Washington Post’s 11 Charts That Are Supposed to Tell Us How the Economy Changed Since Covid

The Washington Post made some serious errors or omissions in its 11 charts that are supposed to tell us how Covid changed the economy. Wages Starting with its second chart, the article gives us an index of average weekly wages since 2019. The index shows a big jump in 2020, which then falls off in […]

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