Politicians Manipulating Statistics

How They Do It and How to Oppose Them

By: Michael Billig, Cristina Marinho

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Hardcover | 3 April 2025

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Highly original and insightful, Billig and Marinho''s book investigates how politicians misuse official statistics. Setting this problem in its historical context - and offering vivid case studies of Donald Trump, Boris Johnson and Gerald Darmanin - the authors demonstrate that the manipulation of statistics involves the misuse of words as well as the misuse of numbers. Most importantly, the authors show that politicians will manipulate official statisticians to produce politically convenient, but statistically inappropriate, numbers. Another unique part of the book is that the authors are not content with analysing how statistics are manipulated, but they also rigorously analyse the efforts of statistical agencies in France and Britain to combat such manipulation. The chapters herald unsung heroes who operate largely ''behind the scenes'' to expose and oppose the corruption of statistics. An indispensable read for anyone concerned with the intersection of power and data.

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