This is disturbing (from the NYT):
“Just before the break, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would cut $23.6 million from the bureau’s 2008 budget for compiling the nation’s most important economic statistics. A cut of that size would result in the largest loss of source data since the government started keeping the statistics [...]
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Who Needs Data Anyway?
September 4th, 2007 · No Comments
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Mad Money…
August 20th, 2007 · No Comments
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When I go to the gym in the evening (which I don’t do nearly as often as I should), I somehow always end up at one of the elliptical trainers in front of the television showing CNBC. This means that I am reasonably familiar with Jim Cramer’s show Mad Money. Stock picking isn’t [...]
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More on College Rankings…
August 17th, 2007 · 3 Comments
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So some university officials are still up in arms about the U.S. News College Rankings, but most seem to still be playing along. There is another article in the NYT today. My guess is that there are some interesting questions to be answered by picking through the historical rankings data, but I’m going [...]
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The Best of Intentions?
August 16th, 2007 · 1 Comment
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So perhaps there really is no such thing as a free lunch. According to today’s NYT, CARE is turning down in-kind funds for food aid. Why would they ever do this? Well, this is the lowdown, as I get my head around it:
1. The American government buys agricultural products from American [...]
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Economics Really is Everywhere…
August 15th, 2007 · 1 Comment
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Okay, so I’m sitting here minding my own business and reading the NYT style section…I get to an article titled “Buy Low, Divorce High”, and as anyone even mildly cynical about relationships would do, I begin reading. The general gist of the article is that the rising values of homes/condos for married couples is [...]
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