> It's entirely possible that these goons will start fiddling with official statistics around things like unemployment and inflation to tell us that inflation is not actually happening any more and that therefore we must cut interest rates, or some such.

in the end statistics is a science, and results can be cross-referenced with independent sources.

you may get away with a bit, but not with much [1].

[1]: https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/economy/argentina-loses-bid-...