This excellent post confirms what I do instinctively feel when I hear, and especially read, such reports, not that I understand the math, but I do understand "lies, damn lies and statistics.". The leader of our government is a free-market economist (you may have heard he does not get on that well with Obama). I did not vote for him of course, but I am a fatalist and in a long life found things to adjust to change, mostly by unintended consequences, in ways I could not predict. Even my dice throws were more accurate than those of the economists. Minor correction, as you are probably aware we do not vote for a federal leader, only our local representatives. I meant that I did not vote for the Conservative candidate in my riding. The government leader of course is the head of the party that wins the most seats.