It’s really a statement on our times.

Source; Kalshi, accessed 8/15/2025.

As noted in an excellent article by Lauren Gurley in WaPo, these are some views of Dr. Antoni, two of which I was unaware of:

• Bureau of Labor Statistics data is ‘phony’
• Social safety net programs are ‘Ponzi schemes’
• Tariffs impact the import price index
• Monthly jobs report should be paused
• The Federal Reserve should be removed

To reiterate, here is a recap of his mishaps with data:

 

 

EJ Antoni/Heritage: “Back from the Brink: Trump’s Economy Soars Instead of Crashing”

The Great Replacement “Theory” * Comes to Economics at Heritage

 

 

EJ Antoni Redefines Recession as What the American People Feel

When Will EJ Antoni End His Recession Call?

 

EJ Antoni — Who Believes We’ve Been in Recession since 2022 — Worries that Democrats Will Misunderstand GDPNow to Claim We’re Entering a Recession in 2025Q1

EJ Antoni Worries about the Gap between CES NFP and CPS Employment

EJ Antoni/Heritage Foundation: “some suspect government statisticians are committing lies of omission.”

EJ Antoni: “manufacturing is in recession”

Who Gave this Guy an Economics Ph.D. (cont’d)?

How Did this Guy Get a Ph.D. in Economics?

A Manufacturing Recession?

Disingenuousnous Watch

 

Son of ShadowStats: “Government economic figures hide the truth about the economy”

 

Dollar Demise Predicted

 

Recession since 2022? A Magic Asterisk-Mystery Meat-Special Sauce Approach to National Income Accounting

“Fake” Economic Activity

 

Did Government Employment Account for Most of September’s Employment Gains?

Lessons in Why We Don’t Judge Recessions on the Basis of GDP

Scary Movie: Pseudo-Economics Edition

 

The Great Replacement “Theory” * Comes to Economics at Heritage

 

Nonsensical Graphs that People Post

“we never left the recession of March 2020 and … everything has been getting gradually worse”