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Monthly Archives: January 2013
A Profile of the Birthers
What’s the profile of a typical ‘birther’ – a person who doesn’t believe President Obama was born in the USA? To answer the question I downloaded the ‘2010-12 ANES Evaluations of Government and Society Study (EGSS1)’ dataset. I specified a … Continue reading
Economists and the Public Rarely Agree
Here are interesting findings on how economists and the public diverge on some important issues. Source: The Economist. January 12, 2013.
Posted in Economy, Government, Science
Tagged Buy American, carbon tax, economists, economy, public, stimulus, stocks, unemployment
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Empirical Evidence that Higher Taxes Create Jobs
At Essential Reading on the Deficit/Debt Issue kavips posts: “Did I hear someone say they couldn’t find empirical evidence that higher taxes create jobs? http://www.epi.org/publication/books_rethinking_growth/ http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2011/06/24/Will-Higher-Taxes-Tank-the-Economy.aspx#page1 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-02/raising-taxes-isn-t-a-kiss-of-death-for-employment-growth-history-shows.html http://www.decisionsonevidence.com/2012/04/more-jobs-through-lower-tax-rates-a-look-at-the-evidence/ http://finance.yahoo.com/news/tax-cuts-rich-dont-spur-151649273.html http://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2010/04/a-tax-on-jobs-experimental-evidence.html Rutgers economic historian James Livingston has reasserted it in an excellent book: … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government, Income Distribution, Socio-economic Status, Taxes, Wealth
Tagged corporate taxes, economic growth, economy, employment, jobs, marginal tax rates, taxes
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Gun Lobby Contributions to Your Representatives
Go to the Slate article for an interactive map depicting how much the gun lobby has contributed to your Congressional representative.
Posted in Elections, Government
Tagged contributions, guns, influence, lobby, money, power
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Government Transfer Payments to Individuals as a Percent of Total County Personal Income, 2011
Amazing. Take a look at ‘government transfer payments to individulas as a percent of total county personal income, 2011′. In many counties, especially in the south and southwest, the percent is as high as 30.4 to 54.5%. USDA Economic Research … Continue reading
The Effects of Educational Attainment on Salaries for Post-Secondary Degree Holders
As a retired educator and having spent the great majority of my career in higher education I am always curious about how post-secondary education effects the lives of those who have attained a degree in higher education. A few days ago I learned about “NSF SESTAT 2008 … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Higher Education, Income Distribution, Socio-economic Status
Tagged age, bachelor's, doctorate, full-time, gender, higher education, highest degree, job, job satisfaction, labor force, major, master's, multiple regression, part-time, post-secondary degree, professional degree, salary
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Nobel Laureate Explains Why Inequality is Stifling Economic Recovery
Nobel Laureate, Joseph Stiglitz, explains why inequality is stunting economic recovery. “There are four major reasons inequality is squelching our recovery. The most immediate is that our middle class is too weak to support the consumer spending that has historically … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Inequality, Socio-economic Status, Taxes
Tagged aggregate demand, business cycle, capital gains, great recession, inequality, middle class, Stiglitz, tax rates, taxes, top 1%
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Military Suicide Deaths Exceed Combat Deaths, But There’s More to the Story
Many headlines this past week focused on the news that “military suicide deaths exceed combat deaths.” That’s truly a sad fact but there’s more to the story that for the most part was missed. It’s a fact the suicide trend … Continue reading
Rice-Cell Cocktail Tough on Cancer Cells, Nice to Normal Cells
Via Newswise: Newswise — Juice from rice cells can knock out two kinds of human cancer cells as well or better than the potent anti-cancer drug Taxol, a Michigan Technological University scientist has discovered in laboratory tests. Plus, it does … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged cancer, colon cancer, health, kidney cancer, prostate cancer, rice
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