Friday, May 25, 2012

Facebook stock is a victim of "Short Selling". What the heck is Short Selling? I give a VERY brief example here using FB stock. This is a strange concept...

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Another reason people hate Wall Street is this business of "Short Selling" a stock.  Never have done this and only know about it...
Thursday, May 24, 2012

Explore the "Better Life Index" and see how US Men and Women compare to other major developed countries. How does the US rate??

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A very nice interactive made available by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a European agency that has an ...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Donald Trump bashes China, again. If he wants to kill the beast perhaps he should stop feeding it. See photo evidence here...

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Donald Trumps own words : "China is succeeding. They are rebuilding their country off our money. I mean, they're -- we are makin...
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New Electoral College Map correlated with Swing States expected return to pre-recession levels of employment---this one IS important...

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I put a yellow star on the State that according to Real Clear Politics is considered a "swing State" by Real Clear Politics.  The ...

Nice Infographic regarding the "Youth Vote" and how it tends to play out in National Elections.

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Lots of data regarding the "Youth Vote" and how they, as a group, tend to sway.  Interesting stuff. Add caption Via: Best On...
Saturday, May 19, 2012

You Have $75 Billion To Save The World---How would you spend it? See here how top economist would spend it.

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Asked how they would spend $75 Billion dollars (by the Copenhagen  Consensus Center ) to help people in the developing world, five of t...
Friday, May 18, 2012

Nice interactive---Where would YOU cut Defense spending to reduce government spending? See what I did HERE...

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Think YOU can cut the military budget in order to reduce deficit spending?  Go to the interactive HERE and try for yourself.  Below this fi...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Substituting Capital for Labor down on the Farm---The US way and the Afghani way. I don't know what to say when I see the comparison here...

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This video (From NPR ) shows a farm tractor cultivating/planting a field without a driver. It is pre-programed to ride a grid and do what...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Must see graphics on the relationship between education and employment. See how I sliced and diced this one! Literally, I sliced and diced it.

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This graphic shows number the of jobs in a particular job/career sector by educational attainment.  The bigger the bubble the larger the num...

What do I have in common with John Coffey (The Green Mile)? We feel the same way about politics lately. I will let him speak for me here...

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I think I am following economics and politics too much lately. I find myself feeling like John Coffey in The Green Mile...I will let him...

A nice, easy to read graphic showing the changes in spending in the Federal Budget over the last 50 years..Pretty eye-opening!

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A nice visual showing how the components of the Federal Budget (Discretionary and Non-Discretionary elements) have change over the past 50 y...
Monday, May 14, 2012

Interesting survey results from former college students as to what they might have done differently. Don't pass up at least a look at this chart

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The first one is a tough one and very personal.   Think of the results of this survey as your "future self" traveling back in time...
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Objective analysis of the primary reasons health care is expensive in the US. Worth a read if you are interested in something called "facts"...

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Healthcare spending is an important political and economic topic today. Economist Tim Taylor has an excellent blog posting analyzing curren...
Sunday, May 13, 2012

NICE inforgraphic on gasoline spending around the world. Who do you think is number 1? You might be surprised.

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LOL! No, there is no surprise... Interesting statistics on gasoline usage around the world.  I would like to see a graph with the trends in ...
Saturday, May 12, 2012

Nice Chart showing showing poverty, income inequality and redistribution in developed countries...See how the US stacks up...

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Income inequality and poverty is a hot political and economic topic today.  Below is a chart (from  The Economist ) that compares, within de...
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