Justin Delloye
@justindelloye.com
Quantitative Geographer | Regional Scientist | Complex Systems | Migrations | Land Use | Transport | Mobility.
Statistician @Statbel | Guest Lecturer @UCLouvain.
Opinions are my own.
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Statistician @Statbel | Guest Lecturer @UCLouvain.
Opinions are my own.
🔗 justindelloye.com
📷 Chicago by @kevinjyoung
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En France, critiquez mais soutenez @insee.fr . En Belgique, faites de même avec @statbel-fr.bsky.social. On a besoin de vous, pour répondre, pour relayer, pour vous servir de ce que l'on produit!
Les statistiques publiques sont un bien public !
Chercheurs, enseignants, journalistes, citoyens... Consultez-les, utilisez-les, critiquez-les si vous voulez mais soutenez-les face aux attaques.
Et suivez ici l'excellent compte @insee.fr
Chercheurs, enseignants, journalistes, citoyens... Consultez-les, utilisez-les, critiquez-les si vous voulez mais soutenez-les face aux attaques.
Et suivez ici l'excellent compte @insee.fr
Attaquées par les populistes et soumises aux coupes budgétaires, les statistiques publiques en pleines turbulences
Aux Etats-Unis, Donald Trump a brutalement congédié, en août, la directrice des statistiques du travail. Un cas illustrant les pressions croissantes exercées sur les instituts statistiques, y compris ...
www.lemonde.fr
November 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
En France, critiquez mais soutenez @insee.fr . En Belgique, faites de même avec @statbel-fr.bsky.social. On a besoin de vous, pour répondre, pour relayer, pour vous servir de ce que l'on produit!
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This is an INSANE decision by the E.U.
“By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the U.S., the E.U. has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice that puts trade convenience ahead of saving lives.”
This will kill people.
“By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the U.S., the E.U. has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice that puts trade convenience ahead of saving lives.”
This will kill people.
ETSC: Mutual recognition deal with U.S. will cost lives on Europe’s roads
By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the United States, the European Union has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice…
etsc.eu
August 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This is an INSANE decision by the E.U.
“By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the U.S., the E.U. has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice that puts trade convenience ahead of saving lives.”
This will kill people.
“By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the U.S., the E.U. has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice that puts trade convenience ahead of saving lives.”
This will kill people.
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This week on #TheProfessorIsIn, we dig into official economic statistics. What are they? Why does the government provide them? Why there's a trade-off between accuracy, timeliness, and cost. And why it's so important that these numbers be produced free of political interference. youtu.be/oSbnv2drRkA
Economic data. Where does it come from, what do we do with it, and why must politics stay out of it?
In this episode of "The Professor Is In," economist Justin Wolfers tackles the battle over the jobs numbers—and why trustworthy economic data matters for everyone.
📊 Why do we need…
youtu.be
August 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This week on #TheProfessorIsIn, we dig into official economic statistics. What are they? Why does the government provide them? Why there's a trade-off between accuracy, timeliness, and cost. And why it's so important that these numbers be produced free of political interference. youtu.be/oSbnv2drRkA
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"In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it." - Orwell, 1984
August 2, 2025 at 6:33 AM
"In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it." - Orwell, 1984
I'm genuinely unsure whether this is the best or worst time to be working in official statistics 🤔
The President sees a bad jobs report, and responds by getting rid of the person in charge of the statistics. This is how America becomes a third-rate country.
BREAKING: President Trump fires the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics hours after weak jobs report.
August 2, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I'm genuinely unsure whether this is the best or worst time to be working in official statistics 🤔
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So, basically, going forward, we're going to have:
☑️ fake economic numbers
☑️ fake census numbers
☑️ fake public health numbers
☑️ no education numbers at all
☑️ fake economic numbers
☑️ fake census numbers
☑️ fake public health numbers
☑️ no education numbers at all
August 2, 2025 at 5:55 AM
So, basically, going forward, we're going to have:
☑️ fake economic numbers
☑️ fake census numbers
☑️ fake public health numbers
☑️ no education numbers at all
☑️ fake economic numbers
☑️ fake census numbers
☑️ fake public health numbers
☑️ no education numbers at all
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Donald Trump Declares Victory Over Statistics
Trump Gets Rid of Those Pesky Statistics
The numbers were simply not patriotic enough.
www.theatlantic.com
August 2, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Donald Trump Declares Victory Over Statistics
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Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, a longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today
August 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, a longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today
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People have no idea how valuable it is to have accurate statistics on the state of the economy and society. And yet, here we are as Trump turns to another page in the autocrat's playbook.
August 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
People have no idea how valuable it is to have accurate statistics on the state of the economy and society. And yet, here we are as Trump turns to another page in the autocrat's playbook.
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Trump is ticking every box in the authoritarian playbook: firing the heads of statistical agencies that publish numbers he doesn’t like. U.S. data can no longer be trusted — and the world’s trust in America is gone for good.
#EconSky
#EconSky
August 2, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Trump is ticking every box in the authoritarian playbook: firing the heads of statistical agencies that publish numbers he doesn’t like. U.S. data can no longer be trusted — and the world’s trust in America is gone for good.
#EconSky
#EconSky
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"People take statistical agencies for granted. So they're easy to cut because there's no lobby or special interest group that's powerful enough to protect them."
- Ethan Harris, former head of global economic research at Bank of America
www.reuters.com/business/us-...
- Ethan Harris, former head of global economic research at Bank of America
www.reuters.com/business/us-...
US economic data quality a worry, authorities not acting urgently enough, experts say
Risks to the quality of official U.S. economic data - long seen as the gold standard - are worrying 89 of 100 top policy experts polled by Reuters, with most also concerned that the authorities are not addressing the issue urgently enough.
www.reuters.com
July 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"People take statistical agencies for granted. So they're easy to cut because there's no lobby or special interest group that's powerful enough to protect them."
- Ethan Harris, former head of global economic research at Bank of America
www.reuters.com/business/us-...
- Ethan Harris, former head of global economic research at Bank of America
www.reuters.com/business/us-...