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(STATS in turn is affiliated with the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Center_for_Media_and_Public_Affairs" title="Center for Media and Public Affairs" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Center for Media and Public Affairs</a> (CMPA) and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Genetic_Literacy_Project" title="Genetic Literacy Project" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Genetic Literacy Project</a>.) EconoSTATS states that its goal "is to simplify and clarify economic debates by explaining the premises and evidence on which they are based."<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/EconoSTATS#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[1]</a></sup> It supports privatization and opposes government regulation.</p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;" /><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); padding: 7px; font-size: 13.3px; display: table; zoom: 1;"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="color: black; background: none; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; font-size: 13.3px; display: inline; line-height: 1.3;">Contents</h2> <span class="toctoggle" style="user-select: none; font-size: 12.502px;"> [<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/EconoSTATS#" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">hide</a>] </span></div><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/EconoSTATS#Staff" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">1</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Staff</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/EconoSTATS#Contact_Info." style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Contact Info.</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/EconoSTATS#Resources_and_Articles" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">3</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Resources and Articles</span></a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/EconoSTATS#Related_SourceWatch_Articles" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">3.1</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Related SourceWatch Articles</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/EconoSTATS#References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">3.2</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">References</span></a></li></ul></li></ul></div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;" /><h2 style="color: black; background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: "Linux Libertine", Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Staff">Staff</span></h2><ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Wayne Winegarden, Contributing Editor</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Donald Rieck, is Executive Director and Managing Editor of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Statistical_Assessment_Service" title="Statistical Assessment Service" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">STATS</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Katy Davis, public relations professional for the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Center_for_Media_and_Public_Affairs" title="Center for Media and Public Affairs" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Center for Media and Public Affairs</a> and STATS</li></ul><h2 style="color: black; background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: "Linux Libertine", Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Contact_Info.">Contact Info.</span></h2><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;">Web Contact Form: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://econostats.org/contact-us/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); 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padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: "Linux Libertine", Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Resources_and_Articles">Resources and Articles</span></h2><h3 style="color: black; background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.6;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Related_SourceWatch_Articles">Related SourceWatch Articles</span></h3><ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Statistical_Assessment_Service" title="Statistical Assessment Service" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Statistical Assessment Service</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Health_and_Risk_Communication&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Center for Health and Risk Communication (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Center for Health and Risk Communication</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_Mason_University" title="George Mason University" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">George Mason University</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Center_for_Media_and_Public_Affairs" title="Center for Media and Public Affairs" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Center for Media and Public Affairs</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Genetic_Literacy_Project" title="Genetic Literacy Project" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Genetic Literacy Project</a></li></ul><h3 style="color: black; background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.6;"><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span></h3><ol class="references" style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li id="cite_note-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="mw-cite-backlink" style="user-select: none;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/EconoSTATS#cite_ref-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up</span>↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">EconoSTATS, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://econostats.org/our-purpose/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Our Purpose</a>, organizational website, accessed March 2014.</span></li></ol><table style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0.57em 0.5em 0.7em; border-collapse: collapse; background: rgb(255, 250, 205); border: 1px solid rgb(218, 210, 109);"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" style="padding: 0.25em;"><b>This article is a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SourceWatch:Find_or_fix_a_stub" title="SourceWatch:Find or fix a stub" style="text-decoration: none; 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