Friday, December 6, 2013

Wind mills now have a license to kill. Find out here who the victims will be.

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Bald Eagles are an impediment to the expansion of the Wind Farm industry. Because they have strict Federal protections afforded them, invest...

The Weather Channel is going Greek---in naming the back to back storms we are experiencing. Dion is up next...

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It appears The Weather Channel is going Greek, as in Mythology, to name the back to back winter storms we are experiencing (From Wikipedia)...

Part 2: Educational Attainment and Employment---How has it fared since the start of The Great Recession. The numbers are incredible!

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The data below is an extension of my prior posting regarding the connection between the attainment of education and the number of jobs held ...

How has the job market changed in the past year based on educational attainment? You don't want to miss this chart. It will make Finals Week SO MUCH MORE comforting...

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How important is education in terms of employment prospects? I used the latest data (today!) from the  BLS report on Educational Attainmen...
Wednesday, December 4, 2013

How the common Christmas Gifts you buy helps keep the inflation rate lower than it otherwise would be...

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The Wall Street Journal keeps tabs on the prices of common Christmas gift items and compiles a Gift Index that measures the change in prices...

If Texas was its own country it would rank #10 in oil production. Drill, Baby, Drill...

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Drill, Baby, Drill----the important economic concept of  Comparative Advantage into your brain. Interesting factoid from Carpe Diem .   ...
Tuesday, December 3, 2013

King Dollar is slowly being demoted to Prince. Should we care?

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Found this graphic HERE . It shows, in percentage terms, how much a particular currency is used to conduct international trade transaction...

Primary Source link to The Popes comments on Economics and "Free" Markets. See what he says before and after the now famous passage...

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Here is the link to the document that contains the Popes commentary on contemporary economics and, in his view, the what "Free Markets...
Saturday, November 30, 2013

Nice graphic showing Top 10 States that are recipients of Farm Subsidies and SNAP (aka Food Stamps) benefits. Shows how one political party speaks out of both side sides its ideological mouth.

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A terrific graphic from the WSJ showing the recipients of Farm Subsidies and SNAP (formerly known as Food Stamps) benefits by State and Pre...

"We lose money on every sale, but make up for it in volume"---See chart here that shows profit margins of major retailers during the holiday season vs the rest of the year...

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Are Black Friday "deals" just an illusion or is there something else going on? Here is a chart I found at Bloomberg.   It shows...
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Friday, November 29, 2013

What companies comprise "The Dow" and how they have changed over time. I see Creative Destruction, globalization and division of labor. What do you see?

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On the nightly news (and throughout the day on cable new stations, i.e. CNN, Fox Business, CNBC) there are  updates as to how the stock mark...
Wednesday, November 27, 2013

The producers of Sriracha Hot Sauce are in some Hot Water. The sauce produces a foul odor. No, it is not what you think...

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Apparently the production of Sriracha Hot Sauce is imposing a non-monetary cost on the residents of the nearby factory: Sriracha hot sauce...
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Nice Map showing the intensity of economic activity in the US. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

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Business Insider has a terrific map giving a quick, albeit shallow, geographic overview of the US economy. Green means hot economic activity...
Monday, November 25, 2013

Who is going to pay for the ACA ("Obamacare")? Nice graph here showing the age group that the Act is depending on to finance it. Is that a middle finger I see from you 27 year olds?

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This is courtesy of the US Census .  It shows the percentage (vertical axis) of uninsured by age group (horizontal axis).  A couple of obser...

How has the "Nominal" and "Real" price of a Thanksgiving Meal changed over time? I am glad you asked. See the answer here...

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Here is a handy-dandy topic you can use on Thanksgiving Day when you run out things to say to your relatives. The American Farm Burea...
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