What if government data becomes untrustworthy?

What if government data becomes untrustworthy?

The GOP’s budget bill, now at the Senate, includes proposed cuts to federal statistical agencies. That could make government data narrower and less reliable. And when governments fail to put out dependable data? “It ends up being a real drag on the economy,” said economist Laura Veldkamp. Also in this episode: We visit an entreprenuership hub in Provo, Utah, experts weight the merits of hard and soft data, and warehouses see a usage boom amid ta…