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Originally posted by onetime2
My point from the beginning has been that looking at and possibly reorganizing the current classification system isn't an outrageous idea.
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Quite right: it's not an outrageous idea. I think this is the main reason why NAICS took over where SIC left off (SIC was brought into use in the 1930s and phased out in the 80s), and why there are frequent changes to NAICS. Lying (for lack of a better word) through statistics isn't a new phenomenon, and while the prospect of constructing a new system which classifies goods and services in an 'irrefutable' manner seems attractive, there's always the risk that even those stats will be used in ways that are less than scrupulous.
edit: this just in:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...62525?v=glance
