Friday, November 18, 2011

Lesson in Productivity...More food with fewer workers...Should we be OUTRAGED that employment in agriculture has declined so much??

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Productivity (Output per worker) down on the farm is amazing.  The first graph shows the yield per acre of various agricultural commodities ...
Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Nice chart showing the difference in gasoline prices between the US and Europe...Why the big difference???

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Here is a chart showing the differences in the price of gasoline between the US and Europe at-large.  Why is there such a large disparity be...

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Sunday, November 13, 2011

"So, how did you make your millions? I invented the "OBOL". REALLY? YOU are THAT guy!!"

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The above is a conversation I WISH I was able to have. How many times have you had a great idea?  What is the difference between me and the ...
Friday, November 11, 2011

New energy pipeline and the thousands of jobs private sector jobs it would create has been shelved for environmental reasons. Look at this map and tell me if this action is justified...

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Below is a map of existing oil,natural gas, and gasoline pipelines that criss-cross the US. The building of a new pipeline, called the Keyst...
Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Be prepared to pay a new Federal Tax on Christmas trees. The money will be used to promote the Christmas Tree Industry. This is NOT an Onion story...

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Obama Couldn’t Wait: His New Christmas Tree Tax ""President Obama’s Agriculture Department today announced that it will impose a...
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Teachers: Something to reinforce what you tell students EVERYDAY. Students: PLEASE read this and don't take it for granted. You WILL hurt yourself if you don't!

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Teachers: Something to share with your students. Students: BEING ON TIME IS IMPORTANT!  However, this is something you will have to learn o...
Monday, November 7, 2011

Follow up to my College major/earning power posting--See these visuals on Unemployment Rates and Salary potential for a wide variety of majors...Good stuff...

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As a follow up to my previous post on college majors, here are some screen shots from the Wall Street Journal that show a pretty comprehensi...

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...
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