Megan Connors

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590 appearances 10 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 28 Aug

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Platypus Economics with Justin Wolfers · Why the BLS Guardrails Held — and the Census Bureau's Failed | The Professor Is In · 28 Aug 2026 podcast

I wonder if there's anything I don't know, I also feel like voice-verified

Our news cycle is primed to give the BLS a lot of attention, right? voice-verified

Maybe it's because of just how regularly we get data from them, how many different Wall Street but other organizations are kind of always looking toward that. voice-verified

And I love the Census Bureau and I get excited when the every 10 years the census comes out and the, you know, the ACS. voice-verified

But I do think it's a little bit of a like unloved stepchild. voice-verified

Child sometimes. voice-verified

I when I taught human geography, it is like the number one quantitative data source for. voice-verified

human geographers. voice-verified

It was usually like the first week of lessons we learned about what the census was. voice-verified

I remember in when I was in grad school for teaching, I was sent the American Community Survey, which is only sent out to like, I don't know the percentage, but a certain number of people voice-verified

Yeah, okay. voice-verified

And it's the off years of the census. voice-verified

And I was voice-verified

I was so excited. voice-verified

I was had two other roommates at the time and I was like forced them to do it. voice-verified

I felt so honored. voice-verified

But yeah, I just love how like both simple it is and how fundamental it is to basically every other data and statistic that we have to rely on in this country and our government and our businesses and everyday people are able to look to it and rely on it. voice-verified

That's basically my last question for you, but maybe you want to add something else. voice-verified

What is or are the long term consequences you're most concerned about when it comes to this sort of manipulation and politicization of statistical institutions? voice-verified

No, I mean I think you I think you captured all of it. voice-verified

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