Saturday, September 18, 2010

This is determination personified for me...Would YOU do this for the privilege to vote?

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Wow! I wonder if this will survive a constitional challenge...The word Self-Determination** has a couple of different meanings when I look a...

What is the difference between a politician in Afganistan today and George Washington? Turns out they are very similar when it comes to getting elected.

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An article today in the NYTIMES on blatant vote buying in today's elections in Afghanistan... "...How much does it cost to buy an...
Friday, September 17, 2010

How College Students spend their time---Do you REALLY only study this amount of time?

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""Being in, or at, a college doesn’t seem to be a terribly bad life. That’s one of the many implications from a new report by Bur...
Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Don't whine about the price of wine---It's China's fault---is this becoming a familiar refrain?

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More evidence of the increasing purchasing power of the Chinese...For better or worse, this luxury good is in big demand, hence the world pr...

This Restaurant in Roanoke "gets" a fundamental economic concept--TANSTAAFL!

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Housing Bubble and a dishonest political class---birds of a feather or not connected at all---You decide, I am too tired...

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    Homeownership and the Housing Bubble---Is there a correlation?...The graph below shows the Consumer Price Index (Dark Red Line, right sc...
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Sunday, September 12, 2010

White House to NOT install Solar Panels---My opinion--INSTALL THEM and ignore the critics!!

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     I believe solar energy is going to be a vital component to servicing our current and future energy needs and will contribute significan...
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Is healtcare expensive because YOU don't pay enough of the price? I am just the messanger...

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If someone else (lets call them a "third party") is paying a portion of the purchase price for something you need/want do you care...
Saturday, September 11, 2010

"Buy one, Get One Free" Or "Half-Off"--I can't decide which is better!!

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It is difficult to not be manipulated by clever marketing, or unclever marketing for that matter (You believe when an item is advertised as ...
Thursday, September 9, 2010

Need a current event article for Economics? This one is short and discusses more concepts than any other article I have seen recently...it a carpet bombing of econ concepts!!

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Short article chocked full of supply and demand problems thoughout a supply chain, illustrates structural unemployment, changes in the labor...
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Nice graph showing the Natural Rate of Unemployment vs Actual Unemployment overtime...Yes, it IS important!!

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Below you will find a graph showing the Natural Rate of Unemployment vs the Actual Rate of Unemployment over time.  The Natural Rate of Unem...
Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Are Americans selfish and not charitable? Nice graphic enclosed that shows who is naughty and who is nice

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A bit of good news, but I did not have to be told this...Americans ARE generous...(Click on image to make bigger OR click on link to go to s...

Liar, Liar, pants on fire! Well, not on fire, but they may be larger than they appear...

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I KNEW IT!!  Not all pant sizes are created equal.  The graphic below shows the variations in ACTUAL size of select pants relative to the si...

POP! That is sound of the"bubble" about to burst in the market for Higher Education...Can colleges escape the laws of supply and demand? I think not...

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There has been lots of talk about how to control over-spending in the housing and healthcare markets.  Major legislation has been passed and...
Sunday, September 5, 2010

Ok, the deep fried thing at the State Fair has gone one product too far....

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I don't drink at all, so this does not affect me personally. The creativity and trial and error that stems from this innovation is what ...
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