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If the World Bank is citing OECD statistics that are non-existent, then where did the figure of 1.21 million actually come from? A hint can be found on page 17 of the Factbook, which states that some of the data that is published was constructed for modeling purposes...

For instance, the Factbook lists 3,540,600 emigrants from Germany in 2010. If we are led to believe that over 1.2 million Greeks left Greece in 2010, then it would follow that according to the same statistics, over 3.5 million Germans left their country that same year...

Based on this evidence, it is safe to say that immigration out of Greece, while on the rise, is far, far below the millions who supposedly departed the country. This assumption was confirmed by The Guardian, which recently published a retraction to their original article, stating that according to the World Bank, the figure of 1.2 million accounts for the total “stock” of Greeks living overseas as of 2010 and not the number of Greeks who left the country that year. Indeed, this statistic shows a decline in the number of Greeks living abroad between 2005 and 2010.

...the damage has been done. The story of 1.2 million Greeks leaving Greece in a single year has been picked up by reputable news outlets in Greece and all around the world, attaining factual status in the process. This reality is indicative of three very serious issues. First, it is demonstrative of the utter lack of responsible journalism in contemporary times.

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I don’t have much to say about the shooting itself; James Fallows [link] nailed what really needed to be said about it yesterday. I would only add that condemning eliminationist rhetoric or calling for a serious conversation on gun contr

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