{"id":693,"date":"2026-07-01T15:41:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pioneerrelocationnews.com\/?p=693"},"modified":"2026-07-01T15:41:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:41:34","slug":"how-statistics-become-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pioneerrelocationnews.com\/?p=693","title":{"rendered":"How Statistics Become Propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio>https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/d2h6a3ly6ooodw.cloudfront.net\/reasontv_audio_8387674.mp3<\/audio><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<select><option>1x<\/option><option>1.1x<\/option><option>1.25x<\/option><option>1.5x<\/option><option>2x<\/option><option>3x<\/option><\/select>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>:15 <\/span><br \/>\n<span> :15<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Download  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4>How Statistics Become Propaganda<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-yt-id=\"kd8HXeeJvzw\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"281\" id=\"yt-player-kd8HXeeJvzw\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kd8HXeeJvzw?enablejsapi=1\" title=\"Featured YouTube video\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>HD Video Download<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Today&#8217;s guest is Aaron Brown, author of the new book <em>Wrong Number: How to Extract Truth From a Blizzard of Quantitative Disinformation. <\/em>A former chief risk manager at AQR Capital Management who teaches statistics at New York University and University of California, San Diego, Brown also contributes popular video essays to <em>Reason. <\/em>In <em>Wrong Number<\/em>, Brown investigates questions such as: Did California&#8217;s minimum wage hike create more jobs? 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