Saturday, October 16, 2010

Updated graphs for Studying/Analyzing Fiscal Policy---Very useful for teaching the topic

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I am teaching Fiscal Policy this week and just came across these charts, which are more updated than the ones I have in my PPT.  (HT: The Ne...

Mmmm....Cheeeeese Burrrrgerrrr!! All you wanted to know but were afraid to ask.

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Source: The Mint Budget Planner - Mint.com
Friday, October 15, 2010

History of the the iPOD---If you are an APPLE fan you will like the info contained here...

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 Source HERE 

According to the latest Big Mac Index, the Chinese Yuan has Appreciated in value relative to the dollar by 20%!...This should be BIG news in the Media, right??

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     Here is the latest "Big Mac Index "(graphic below) produced by The Economist magazine AND one produced in January 2010 (click...
Thursday, October 14, 2010

Chilean miners rescue is a triumph of Capitalism and Free Trade---What else did you expect me to say....

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From Carpe Diem:   ""It is the great multiplication of the productions of all the different arts, in consequence of the division...
Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Link between the price of corn and the price of beef and pork---Your " Baconator" at Wendy's is about to increase in price...better get it today!

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Meat Market Corn Crunch Means Costliest Beef in Quarter Century ""Meat prices are poised to extend a 14 percent rally this year t...

#%#&#t^*(&# BLASTED Ethanol!! We are about to get more of it for our cars! That means less corn for food...I apologize in advance to all you starving people on "The Margin".

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A nice example of interest group politics intersecting with economics.  Two interest groups (Farm Lobby and an ethanol lobby (fronted by a f...
Monday, October 11, 2010

Trade flows between the US, European Union and China in one easy graphic...It made my night to find this! Ummm, yes I DO have a life, thank you very much!

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       Trade flows between the US, China and the European Union...follow the arrows.  Start in the US. We export to China $69.5 billion wort...
Sunday, October 10, 2010

Gas prices getting you down? Want to know why it is increasing? Glad you asked....

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    The price of gasoline has increased lately, if you have not noticed. There are several reasons for this, from refining problems, oil sup...

Supply and Demand analysis of the wheat and corn markets...What else are you doing on a Sunday morning? This weeks feature: Complements!!

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This article (WSJ: Harvest Shocker Rattles Wall Street ) is chocked full of basic supply and demand problems, including substitutes, complem...

How many of you Americans could ACTUALLY pass the Citizenship test to become a US Citizen? HA! I thought so...See test here...

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Can YOU pass this test to become a US citizen?  For many of us, it is a good thing we were born here, because we might not be able to get a ...
Saturday, October 9, 2010

Not an Onion Article--Postal Union delays election--ballots got lost in the mail...

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Postal Union Election Delayed After Ballots Lost in the Mail "Irony alert. The American Postal Workers Union has extended its interna...

It is NOT possible to get out of debt...EVER...How does it feel to be an indentured servent with no end?

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   I need your thoughts on something and extra credit will be awarded on the next test for a reasonable explanation.  Currently,  the way ou...
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Thursday, October 7, 2010

To inflate or not to inflate---We all have a "Real" "Interest" in the outcome...

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    The Federal Reserve continues to contemplate an unusual strategy to get the economy moving forward:.   Fed Officials Mull Inflation as...
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Nice interactive graph on world debt...When will the madness stop???

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Click on THIS LINK to go to the interactive function for this graph.  See how debt has increased and the rate at which it has increased i...
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