Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Side by side comparison of drought conditions---today and 1934, a Dust Bowl year....

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Here are side by side comparisons of drought conditions today and 1934, a Dust Bowl year. A stark reminder of how bad the conditions rea...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Infographic comparing The Great Depression with The Great Recession. Our grandparents were right.

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The Great Depression vs. The Great Recession by Payday Loan.co.uk

Nice infographic on the state of "Piracy" in the entertainment production business.

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This is what I thought about on my commute last week on public transit to downtown Chicago ...

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Last week I rode the train from the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago to downtown Chicago to attend the AP US Govt and Politics College Board Sum...

Nice graphic showing drought conditions each year in the US since 1899. Is there a pattern??

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Go  HERE for a larger image of the graphic and article at NYTIMES . Each line of maps represents a decade of drought conditions in the US....
Sunday, July 22, 2012

Find out how your city/region would fare in terms of GDP if it was its own country.

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Here is a world GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ranking by country AND with the added twist of including the dollar value of production of good...
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Nice graphic showing the decline over time in the number of teenagers getting drivers licenses. WHY is this the trend?

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Why don't young people want to drive anymore? Is this a good or bad thing? As you move from left to right on this graphic, focus on th...
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Was Romney right in saying we need fewer Fire Fighters? See the graphs/data here before yelling at me...

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Here are a couple of graphs showing some interesting information regarding firemen (and women). The first one shows the decrease in the nu...

Batman vs Spiderman--nice income inequality info-graphic.

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Equal opportunity does not guarantee equal outcomes. :) Click image to see a larger version Superhero Economics: Bruce Wayne vs. Peter Par...
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Friday, July 6, 2012

UN calls for a billionaires tax to help the world's poor. Thought I would re-write the headline so it actually solves the problem...

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Saw this headline on Yahoo!News:  UN calls for 'billionaires tax' to help world's poor . I thought this is what the headline ...

Quick Snapshot of todays Employment Report---Not good...

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The significant gainers for the month are in BLACK and the losers are in RED. Numbers are in thousands, so add 3 zeroes behind the number.  ...
Thursday, July 5, 2012

"You should drive a car "Made in America"! Well, I do in fact drive the car with the MOST US sourced parts and labor--- Toyota Camry. See more here...

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Cars.com comes out with this list every year .  It is a ranking of cars made in the USA, regardless of ownership of the automaker, based on ...

A little data on the number of doctors we have in the US---Domestic and Foreign. Do we have too many doctors with not enough to do or do we have a shortage? Maybe both...

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Data is from the Census HERE From 1980 to 2009, the average yearly NET change in the US (new entrants plus current MD's minus leavers)...
Tuesday, July 3, 2012

My contribution to the 4th of July mixed with a political message..Cannot resist.

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""The Founding Fathers left their generation with a signed document that empowered people to resist the Tyranny of a King, and the...
Sunday, July 1, 2012

"Keynes vs Hayek" mini-rap video. If you are a fan you will want to see this one. Oh, and buy a t-shirt too.

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If you follow the "Keynes vs Hayek" economics rap videos , this "mini-episode" will amuse you.  Wish they could turn thi...
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