Saturday, February 5, 2011

Stock-piling ammunition---Egyptian Style....

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 Wall Street Journal 
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Friday, February 4, 2011

Graph---Relationship between Education and Employment---Any Questions?

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Unemployment Rate Decreases BUT virtually no new jobs were created...HOW can THAT happen?

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Today the latest jobs report came out from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) .  It shows the unemployment rate droppling, as a percentag...
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Dilberts view on the Unemployment Report that came out today...Most concise I have seen thus far..

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 HT: Greg Mankiw Blog 

Interview with founder of "JibJab"--If you are interested in Marketing, Web-Casting, or how someone makes money on the internet, this is a GREAT interview. Also learn why pricing at $12 per year got more customers than at $9.99!

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Source: BusinessInsider

In one easy chart: The problem of US Aid to Egypt, and I suspect other authoritarian governments "friendly" to the US.

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Public Sector Aid means money that flows through the recipient government, in this case Egypt, for projects administered by the Egyptian gov...
Thursday, February 3, 2011

Diminishing Marginal Utility Ilustrated...

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HT: JB Felipe...
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Want to know how to avoid the problems the Middle East is experiencing, now and in the future? A Peruvian Economist has THE answer. Yes, we have to go to Peru for the answer!

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This editorial in today's WSJ by Hernando de Soto is reflection of his book " The Mystery of Capitalism--Why Capitalism Triumphs i...

Graphic--Carbon Emissions by Nation AND Per Capita---VERY different results...

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Source: TreeHugger HT: Environmental Economics

Nice Food Commodity Price Index Graph here. Price Index? What is that? Well, let me explain...

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Source: Business Insider This chart gives an opportunity to explain how a "Price Index" is calculated.  Price Indexes are usefu...
Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Nostradamus was not an Economist, but he could have been---Inflation is a Self-fulfilling Prophecy...

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Inflation is not a problem in the US...now.  The question amongst economists is what is the root cause of current inflationary trends around...

My Defense of Anderson Cooper in Eygpt...

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Keller ISD sure ain't no Chicago Public School System---How often have THEY cancelled school in the last 12 years? Surprising answer!

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Midwest buckles under major winter storm ""In Chicago, airlines canceled more than 2,200 flights at O'Hare International Ai...

Rent-Seekers---Yes, it is as bad as it sounds---Hint: It involves Ethanol...

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RENT SEEKING : "Textbook" definiton: ""The opportunity to capture monopoly rents provides firms with an incentive to us...

Price of a LaQuinta Hotel room THIS weekend (Super Bowl) versus NEXT weekend in Arlington, Texas...

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Prices of a LaQuinta Hotel in Arlington, Texas for THIS weekend versus NEXT weekend...Is this a case of capturing Consumer Surplus or simply...
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