Chavez quer ressuscitar a Contabilidade Nacional tal como era praticada, e teorizada, nos países socialistas [como era mesmo denominada?], ou trata-se de mais um episódio da incomodidade dos políticos (de alguns) com o PIB: "mata-se o mensageiro que traz as más notícias"

Venezuela’s Chavez Slams GDP Methodology After Third-Quarter Contraction - Real Time Economics - WSJ: "Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday he plans to come up with a new, socialist-friendly way of measuring economic growth, one day after gross domestic product data indicated his country is in recession. Hugo Chavez takes aim at statistics. (AFP/Getty Images) Oil-rich Venezuela’s economy shrank 4.5% in the third quarter, the country’s central bank reported Tuesday. This comes after the economy shrank 2.4% in the second quarter. “We simply can’t permit that they continue calculating GDP with the old capitalist method,” President Chavez said in a televised speech before members of his socialist party. “It’s harmful.”"

Apesar de tudo é pior do que o ataque às sondagens.