Tuesday, June 5, 2012

See my question to the author of "Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash" and his response. His answer was more than I could hope for!

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At the Freakonmics blog they asked people to submit questions for Edward Humes the author of Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash.  ...
Sunday, June 3, 2012

Hardball politics in Wisconsin. How would YOU like to receive this in your mailbox?

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I don't live in Wisconsin, but I think I would really be bothered to get a mailer like this, REGARDLESS of which side of the issue I was...

"Paving" our way into the future. Is this the answer to our unemployment problem? Only "concrete" answers, please.

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Robert Frank of the NYTIMES offers this commentary on the benefits of "infrastructure refurbishment".  Fancy way of saying if we...
Friday, June 1, 2012

Quick-look data from the JUST RELEASED jobs report for May. Not good---only 69,000 net job change. See where the strenghts and weakness were HERE

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For the current month measured (May) look at the data to the far right.  Read the numbers in "thousands".  The first number shows ...
Thursday, May 31, 2012

NY City is proposing a ban on sugary drinks sold in containers over 16 oz. Take one last Big Gulp of your Slurpee, City dwellers. It might be your last. (Nice graphic showing what is and is not acceptable HERE)

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The powers that be in New York City are proposing a ban on certain  types of sugary drinks in quantities over 16 oz's.  This is in respo...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Interesting survey on EU countries attitudes regarding each other. Without looking, guess which country is in the most denial about its work ethic?

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 Greeks think they are the Greek God Ponos but are perceived as the Goddess   Aergia .  This survey of European attitudes about their fello...
Monday, May 28, 2012

Link to a study on Household Production and how much it would add to GDP if it was counted.

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When we cover the basics of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Economics we learn that "Household Production" is not included in the ...
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Sunday, May 27, 2012

Of these 3 people with fake tans which one has been the MOST fiscally responsible and created the MOST private sector jobs for other people? Yes, we ARE in trouble.

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Couple of graphs showing college grade distribution over time. Grade inflation or are we getting smarter? You be the judge...

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No real commentary from me.  Just thought it was interesting the change over time. Both of these are from Carpe Diem ---go there to read t...
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...
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