Saturday, September 22, 2012

Should you be ashamed the workers who assembled your shiny new I-Phone 5 are only paid $2.00 per hour? Well, no, actually you should not be ashamed but encouraged. See here why...

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The news aggregator  Business Insider has the following headline on its homepage today: Thank You, Millions Of Anonymous Chinese Workers ...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Education is good during Good Times and even better during Bad Times....

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Interesting short video---Social Change through Social Media

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Thursday, September 6, 2012

AP Macroeconomics for "Non-Traditional" High School students

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I am offering an opportunity for high school aged students to take an Advanced Placement level Macroeconomics class online.  My target aud...
Tuesday, September 4, 2012

One chart you need to see as to why Medicare is more of a problem than Social Security. This is a must see!

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I am beating this issue to death (as opposed to a death panel doing it for me) BUT this issue is so prominent in the Presidential race, I am...

Here are links to the Democratic and Republican Party Platforms (Dems JUST released today)

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Here is the link to the Democratic Party Platform Here is the link to the Republican Party Platform Here is a link to the  American Pre...
Sunday, September 2, 2012

Two worthy perspectives (Pro and Con) on Entitlement Spending in the US. Worth a read if you want to be informed. Otherwise, carry on as you have been...

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The Wall Street Journal has two perspectives on "Entitlements" in the US Federal Budget. Read BOTH with an open mind as to the poi...
Thursday, August 30, 2012

Here is what the Pres ACTUALLY said in reference to the "You did not build that" quote. See how I re-phrase it and ask why ANOTHER sentence in what he said is not talked about at all..

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Below are some of the before and after sentences from the now famous off-teleprompter comments from President Obama that resulted in the ...
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Federal Budget spending in stacks of $10,000 bills sitting on pallets. See the three towers of political gridlock right here. Here's your sign...

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The 3 pillars of the Federal Budget illustrated here--Social Security, Health Care (primarily Medicare and Medicaid) and National Defense. T...
Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Nice graph showing global Arms Sales. Instability has been very, very good for US companies that make things that go BOOM!

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Here is one way to quickly meet President Obama's goal to double US exports before his first term is up. This graph show military arms...

Nice Infographic showing the decrease in the size of packaging for some of your favorite products. Inflation without an increase in price. I feel ripped-off.

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This infographic illustrates "hidden" inflation that may not adequately captured in the governments compilation of the Consumer Pr...
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Nice infographic showing Income by Religious Belief. .

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Income distribution by religious belief.  Click on image to make larger or go HERE to the site and see the original image. Source: Pew R...
Monday, August 27, 2012

With hurricane Issac looming there are the inevitable cries of "Price Gouging!" with gasoline. Please read this to get some perspective before getting angry.

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With hurricane Issac hitting Florida and the Gulf Coast, the inevitable rise in the price of gasoline and other commodities will make hea...
Saturday, August 25, 2012

Dispelling the myth of the low US ranking in Infant Mortality. It depends on the definition of what a "Live Birth" is. See the distortion here...

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Below you will see a chart with a partial list of the  2011 Global Infant Mortality Rates/Rankings  .  The US is ranked 41st (tied with Faer...
Sunday, August 19, 2012

Teachers: If you need a quick visual to emphasize to students the link between education and employment show them these graphs. Students: If you need a reminder as to the importance of education and future employment, PLEASE look at these too.

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There is a lot going on in this first graph, but it is important to know what is happening. The vertical axis shows the percentage change ...
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