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Monthly Archives: October 2012
The Facts on U.S. Fossil Fuel Production
Contrary to what you may have heard U.S. fossil fuel production is at an all time high (first graph), producing almost 85% of its fossil fuel consumption (second graph). Related posts U.S. … Continue reading
Posted in Economy
Tagged consumption, energy independence, fuel, gas, production, U.S.
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The Anti-Science, Anti-, Fact Crowd Now Attacks Nate Silver
Well, the anti-science, anti-fact group is at it again. This time their target is Nate Silver, the turned baseball statistician/forecaster to political campaign predictor. It appears that because Silver’s data shows President Obama has a higher probability at winning the … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Science
Tagged bias, elections, forecasts, Obama, polls, predictions, probabilities, Romney, Silver
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Clinton Speech at North Iowa Area Community College
Former President Bill Clinton just finished a speech at my former college, the North Iowa Area Community College. Whether you agree with Clinton or not, if you are interested in politics and how to make a case, there are few … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Elections, Government, Health, Health, Higher Education, Income Distribution, Inequality, Presidential Leadership, Socio-economic Status, Taxes
Tagged Clinton, elections, Obama, Romney, Vilsack
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The Wall Street Journal Ignores Relevant Studies on Income Inequality
In an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal Kevin Hassett and Aparna Mathur argue that income inequality is greatly exaggerated because inequality studies “leave out too much” — such as employer-provided benefits, government-provided benefits and taxes. Ignoring the safety net, … Continue reading
The Fiscal Cliff Could Cost the U.S. 5.1% of GDP
If Congress doesn’t take action the U.S. will automatically fall into a fiscal cliff with huge impacts on our economy. Quartz’ Tim Fernholz reports: Absent new action, next year the US government’s budget footprint will contract more rapidly than those of Greece, … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government
Tagged austerity, Congress, contractionary economics, economic growth, economy, fiscal cliff, GDP, recession, sequestration
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Channeling Mitt Romney’s Mind on Privatizing Responses to Natural Disasters
At the Republican primary campaign debate last year: MITT ROMNEY: “Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that’s the right direction. And if you can go even … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Elections, Government, Presidential Leadership
Tagged business model, FEMA, insurance, mandate, natural disasters, privatization, Romney
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Nate Silver’s Oct. 28th Electoral College and Popular Vote Predictions
Update: Nate Silver’s October 28th predictions: State-by-state probabilities:
Posted in Elections, Government
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The Des Moines Register’s Endorsement of Romney Doesn’t Conform to the Facts
The Des Moines Register’s endorsement of Governor Romney is based on the view that the candidate will improve the economy, create new jobs and reduce the deficit. The endorsement also has great expectations for Romney’s ability to bring Democrats and … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Elections, Government, Income Distribution, Inequality, Presidential Leadership, Taxes
Tagged bipartisanship, budget, Bush tax cuts, debt, deficit-reduction, Des Moines Register, economic growth, economy, elections, endorsement, inequality, job creation, jobs, marginal tax rates, math, monetary policy, Reagan, regressive tax cuts, Romney, Ryan, supply side, tax cuts, tax deductions, trickle-down, trickle-down economics
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Is the Stock Market an Accurate Predictor of Presidential Elections?
The New York Times examined the relationship between the Dow Jones Industrial Average and presidential election outcomes. Their data yielded the following conclusion: “In general, voters have tended to throw out the incumbent party after four-year periods when the Dow … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Elections, Government
Tagged Dow Jones, elections, forecast, Obama, prediction, Presidential election, Romney
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Do Natural Disasters Effect Votes?
After watching the latest forecast associated with Hurricane Sandy’s likely path effecting the lives and property of 66 million people in the northeast I couldn’t help but pray for all of our fellow citizens in Sandy’s path. Sitting and waiting … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Government
Tagged elections, government, governors, hurricane, natural disasters, presidents
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