Economy

State by State Gas Price Map…and a Friendly Reminder

May 5, 2011

Here’s a nifty map of current gas prices by state.  I always love seeing visual displays of things like income, unemployment rates, cigarette consumption or any other random statistic by state and then try to contemplate explanations for the trends.  I have no authoritative commentary to offer here, but you may enjoy this map nonetheless […]

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A Novel Idea to Solve The Debt Ceiling Crisis

May 1, 2011

I first started highlighting the circus that would ensue regarding the debt ceiling vote months ago where I laid out the likely political posturing and likely outcomes.  What I didn’t lay out at that time was after we pass this next debt ceiling increase, what happens from there.  Based on the past several debt ceiling […]

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Jobs with LOW Unemployment – The Data is In

January 19, 2011

With the unemployment rate stubbornly hovering above 9%, I sometimes make the mistake of simplifying the situation by saying to myself  “about 1 out of 10 people I know should be unemployed, statistically speaking”.  As it turns out, of the hundreds of people I know somewhat closely, I can think of only 2 that have […]

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Who Would Lend to This Guy???

December 19, 2010

I was talking to a work buddy last week and he was telling me about his financial predicament.  What I found to be disturbing was the notion that he was completely cognizant of the peril of his spending habits yet there was a complete lack of vision in ever paying it off. He was very […]

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Americans, How Do You Feel About Bailing the Whole EU? You’re About to Find Out

December 1, 2010

While it wasn’t widely publicized previously, US taxpayers have already subtly bailed out two failing EU nations via IMF loans.  See, when Greece was on the verge of default, and now Ireland, part of the loan package was via IMF funding, of which the US is the largest shareholder at 17%.  Given the Hundreds of […]

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I Fought The Deficit and The Deficit Won.

November 16, 2010

There’s a really interesting, fun and somewhat deceptive tool at the NYTimes [deficit tool] which allows you to toy with various proposals in order to cut the deficit and in real time, you can see how you did.  As you can see, the tool starts off with the present assumptions and lets you cut from […]

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