Nobody Asked for a Bureau of Beautiful Statistics: Opinion Wrap

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Today’s Agenda

• Labor logic leaves the room.
• What’s behind butter’s price boom?
• Flying with a side of doom.
• Insurance is a source of gloom.

Beautiful Statistics

Imagine checking the weather report and seeing there’s a 70% chance of rain tomorrow. Instead of, I dunno, bringing an umbrella to work, you decide to fire the meteorologist because you wanted a beautiful, sunny day.

To state the obvious: That is not how life works! You can’t shoot the messenger just because ...