Who Decides Who's Crazy? - Big Pharma and the DSM + Lies, Damned Lies, and Government Statistics

corbettreport: Commonly referred to as the psychiatric diagnostic "bible," the APA's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has always generated controversy. How are disorders diagnosed? What criteria are used to establish disorders in the first place? Are the categories subjective? Do they reflect cultural biases?

Lies, Damned Lies, and Government Statistics

corbettreport: Late last month former Bank of Canada governor and recently-appointed Bank of England governor Mark Carney surprised many by criticizing the quality of the economic data being provided by the UK's Office for National Statistics. To be clear, what was surprising was not that the ONS data is incomplete and misleading; everyone with an ounce of economic understanding already knew this. What is surprising is that a high-ranking bank official was admitting that the data they and the market in general is relying on is so unreliable. Find out more about the practice of cooking the books in this edition of The Corbett Report.