Monday, November 7, 2011

My short commentary on a graph that all students in college (or going to go) should see and think about...

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Below is a selective grouping of college majors to illustrate the point that since 1985 there has been a rapid increase in the number of stu...
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Sunday, November 6, 2011

And The Survey Says: Chili's is going to do me wrong!

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I completed an online survey after visiting my local Chilis. It says I am eligible to win a cash prize. Notice the amounts under "Eligi...

New and improved US Debt charts with China---always stunning to see how it has changed in just 10 years...

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Don't know why I like debt graphs/charts as they relate to China.  I suppose it is because of the shocking rise of it such a short perio...
Saturday, November 5, 2011

Early map of the way the Electoral College vote may go...Like it or not, this is how we elect a President...

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USA Today has nice interactive graphic displaying some key variables that are in play for the next Presidential election.  I know it is ear...
Friday, November 4, 2011

GDP vs EMPLOYMENT...This is THE graph people FOR and AGAINST the OWS protesters need to see and think about...

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In AP Macroeconomics we teach students there is a direct relationship between changes in Real GDP and Employment (or an inverse relationship...
Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Nice graphic showing US Military bases around the world...The reach is far and wide. How much is this costing us???

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Go HERE for the original source and prehaps a more clear image.. Source: HERE
Tuesday, November 1, 2011

How many $100 bills does it take to finance the Federal Budget this year? See it neatly stacked in this graphic here...

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This graphic represents the spending side of the Federal Budget in 2011.  What you see here are stacked pallets of $100 bills. Not $1.00 bil...

It is a MYTH: Sugar and Candy do NOT make kids hyper...This one can be filed away with the razor blade in the fruit myth..

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Sugar, and candy, do not make kids hyper   (Click HERE for the razor blade story) Since it’s now the day after Halloween, I thought I’d p...

Nice interactive showing you where you rank in terms of the global population...Kinda Cool!

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Click HERE to go to the BBC website and enter your own date of birth to see where you fit in the population of the world. Mine is below... ...
Monday, October 31, 2011

Real life effects of Xenophobia (the fear of foreigners) and how ill advised it is to use it as the basis for economic policy...

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So much for the thought that "Americans" will fill the jobs that migrant/illegal/ the undocumented so willingly do year after year...
Sunday, October 30, 2011

Nice graphic showing the situation with Social Security...A concern for the young and old...

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Go HERE for the source of this graphic in the Washington Post (Via: Jared Bernstein  blog). A concern should be the cross-over point betwe...

Nice graphic showing Americans are driving fewer miles... In general this is good, but maybe it is for the wrong reasons..

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Number of the Week: Cutting Back On Driving 4.6 Billion: How many fewer miles traveled by drivers on U.S. roads in August than a year ea...

Nice podcast from NPR on the pitfalls of measuring GDP. Good stuff!

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Measuring Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a daunting task, especially in an economy like the US which so large and has many moving parts.  ...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011

This is probably THE BEST protest sign from "OWS". It sums up the "investment" vehicle that brought down the financial/banking system. Wonder how many people ACTUALLY know this???

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For a further explanation of this toxic "investment" go HERE ... Source: Chris Blattman
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"Don't Cry for Dallas/Ft Worth, Argentina"---See how US cities stack up in production of goods and services relative to whole countries...

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The US economy is STILL a GDP producing monster, even in the midst of a recession/near-recession. Below is a comparison of US cities dollar ...
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