Friday, March 8, 2013

Perspective--not Political...

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Friday, March 1, 2013

Which V-P's wife do you think sleeps better at night?

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The picture of Dick Cheney on the left comes from a t-shirt I bought on 6th Street in Austin, Texas. I saw the picture of VP Biden and could...

See this graphic on "Big Bank" profits and how much of those profits are from Taxpayer Subsidies. Have a nice Sequestration Day. Meh!!

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Bloomberg Online recently published this article and graphic showing "Big Banks" stated profits AND the amount of Federal Govern...

Terrific interactive resource on migration patterns for just about every country on earth. Great for a term paper, debate class or Model UN for background info.

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Go HERE for the website.  Click on a country and see where people are migrating to and fro.  Nice resource for basic demographic research f...
Thursday, February 28, 2013

Nice graphic showing jobs losses and job gains in the last 4 years cross-referenced by wage level. Where did the Middle Class go??

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Here is a nice summary of job losses and jobs gained since the advent of the Great Recession. They are broken down into wage categories (H...

My summary of the impending "Federal Budget Sequestration" in 9 sentences plus a "Have a good day!"!

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The "Good News"---T he actual amount that agencies need to cut THIS budget year amounts to approx $45Billion, about half the $85Bi...
Saturday, February 23, 2013

Nice Graphic showing the results of a recent poll on Americans attitude about cutting Federal Govt spending in light of the upcoming mandatory budget cuts. Interesting results!!!

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Here are the results of a very recent Pew Research Poll on Americans attitude toward cutting Federal Spending in light of the looming ...

Nice map showing State by State comparison of Minimum Wages. Why does it vary from State to State? Find out why HERE.

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I think there is some confusion regarding the way the minimum wage is set in the US. The Federal Government, through the Federal Fair Labo...

Hans Rosling as a "Myth Buster" on the issue of Child Mortality Rates. Worth a couple of minutes of your time.

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Here is Hans Rosling "clarifying" the issue of historical Child Mortality Rates around the world.  This is really terrific!  Wat...

One easy graph that illustrates all you need to know about the future of Retail Stores and Employment in that sector.

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Here is a bar chart showing the decline in jobs in various "brick and mortar" retail stores.  "Brick and mortar" is a me...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

For Students and Teachers--my PPT on Consumer and Producer Surplus AND Incidence of Taxation. Fun Stuff!!

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Consumer and Producer SURPLUS---Determining Social Welfare Uploaded by Gene on WizIQ Tutorials
Saturday, February 16, 2013

My defense for an increase in the Minimum Wage to $9.00. I speak of one element of the labor market I don't hear ANYONE refer to and I think it is important to understand...

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There is lots of talk, for and against, regarding the recent proposal by the President to increase the minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.00 per ...
Friday, February 15, 2013

Price Floor Powerpoint---You can bet the Farm on this one!!!

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Price Floors are another example of government intervention into the "free" market. It is an effort to set a price for a good or s...

Price Ceilings explained as simply as possible. Must know info for when the Mayhem Guy from AllState comes to visit your community...

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When disaster looms or when it strikes there can be a significant disruption in the delivery of goods to that area.  We have learned about t...
Thursday, February 14, 2013

My Powerpoints to teach the Foreign Exchange Market in AP Macroeconomics.

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My Powerpoints to teach the Foreign Exchange Market in AP Macroeconomics. The first one is a long version to teach the "nuts and bolt...
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