It is amazing how some imbeciles are glued to their headphones. In the gym, grocery story, while driving sometimes, on campus, etc. Yet when they come to Starbucks or public library they want to play what they are watching on their phone on speaker phones.
I am sure I have posted this quote couple of times already, “Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital” (Aaron Levenstein).
I think the vast majority of people should not have been married when they got married and to the person they were married to. Some try to tough it out and grind it till the last minute. The smart ones see the writing on the wall and call it a day.
One has to question the legitimacy and validity of all these theatrical hearings. In reality all politicians can be politicians without the huge donations that they receive from corporations and particularly the financial institutions.
The more complicated it they make it sound, the more you know they are trying to hide the simple facts. Take the trade deficit for example which has been the talk of the nation since Trump took office. It has nothing to do with China being fare on unfair it has to do with American… Read More »
Economic history is a never-ending series of episodes based on falsehoods and lies, not truths. It represents the path to big money. The object is to recognize the trend whose premise is false, ride that trend, and step off before it is discredited.
For most U.S. workers, real wages have barely budged in decades, that is not me saying it but the Pew Research Institute. And you can find similar studies all over the web including on the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The interesting part is macro and the real cause is rarely discussed. You hear about immigration… Read More »
The above is a quote from a ex federal reserves bank, Janet Yellen (https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2017-06-27/janet-yellen-i-dont-see-a-financial-crisis-in-our-lifetimes). As ridiculous as it sounds or as illogical as it sounds, and after thinking about this for a while, I think she was right.
Many things we do in life are attributed to “convenience”, heck we even have a convenience store for that matter.
You want to measure a nation, take a look at how the people of that nation act when they are “governed” or “told what to do”. Look how they drive, how they eat, how the behave in public park, etc. Today, I am going to give you the shopping cart index.