# A Food Fight at the Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Podcast: [Unintended Consequences](https://stenobird.com/podcast/unintended-consequences-6333409)
Published: 2025-10-09T12:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/food-fight-bureau-labor-statistics
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## Resource

President Trump recently fired the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), claiming that the downward revision of employment numbers was evidence of some kind of conspiracy to make the administration look bad. Paul and Peter unpack what it is that the BLS actually does, why it’s constantly revising its estimates, and the potential negative consequences of politicizing economic data collection. In conjunction with Regulation Magazine Fall 2025 edition Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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