The author of the Politico article, Eugene Ludwig, has written multiple versions advocating his "True Unemployment Rate" and other "True" statistics since at least 2019, when he started LISEP (named after himself). Almost every time, he goes viral.
If Ludwig simply wrote articles on how you need to go beyond just U3 and CPI to analyze how lower and middle class Americans are doing economically, he wouldn't stand out because lots of other people do that better than he does. His "True" economic indicators vs BLS is attention bait.
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