How the press writes about economics

September 11, 2008 6:59 am

Not the wonderful FT, of course, or so I hope:

Rising house prices: Good
Falling house prices: Bad
Affordable houses: Good
Unaffordable houses: Bad

Hm. You’ll have to explain that one to me, I’m a journalist. But Bluematter offers other examples.

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