Who Gets The Most National Public Holidays?
Friday, June 11th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »From The Economist.
2007 Big Mac Index: Burgernomics
Friday, June 11th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »For 20 years The Economist magazine has published its "Big Mac Index." Since Big Macs are sold in about 120 countries, they can be used as a yardstick to compare currency values (see chart above, click to enlarge). According ...
Ron Paul Unplugged
Friday, June 11th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Ron Paul on Personal Freedom, Drugs, Prostitution and Gay Marriage: 1. A video of John Stossel's interview of Ron Paul here (click on Ron Paul's picture on the right side of the screen). 2. John Stossel's article about Ron Paul, "Live ...
What About Tuition Gouging, Windfall Endowments
Friday, June 11th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »The graph above was created using college tuition data from the National Center for Education Statistics (with estimates for 2007 and 2008), Consumer Price Index data from the BLS, and average annual oil price data for West Texas Intermediate Oil ...
Texas Jobless Rate in April At Record Low of 4.1%
Friday, June 11th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »AUSTIN — The April statewide seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 4.1%, down from 4.3% in March and 4.4% in April 2007, once again matching the record low set in February (see chart above, click to enlarge). The 4.1% April ...
In Defense of Wikipedia: I Kinda Like It
Thursday, June 10th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Columbia Journalism Review--At the end of the day, Wikipedia looks less like the reputation-munching monster it’s being portrayed as, and more like the future of information in the Internet age. Professor Mark Goodacre, Duke University--It is becoming fashionable among academics these ...
Spending Other Peoples’ Money: The REAL Problem
Thursday, June 10th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »According to Dr. David Gratzer of the Manhattan Institute, in 1960 about half of health-care expenditures were directly controlled by consumers. Today, it is about 15%. Over the same period in which consumers have relinquished control, per-capita health-care spending has ...
Weak Dollar Has Its Advantages
Thursday, June 10th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »From today's WSJ front page article "Dollar Lifts Exporters": As long as the dollar's decline is gradual, most economists see it as a modest plus overall. Real exports have grown faster than real imports for nearly two years, and this trend is ...
Cartoon of the Day: A Year of Global Cooling
Thursday, June 10th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Follow up on yesterday's post on 2007: a year of global cooling.
Buy Houses in Detroit For $250, Monthly Pmt = $1
Thursday, June 10th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »You can go to Realtor.com and search for homes for sale in any city in the U.S., and you can specify a certain price range. If you search for Detroit homes for sale between $0 and $1,000, you'll find that ...
