Bad Math Archives - The Big Picture

I’m deep in my book writing work discussing federal debt when I see a tweet that simply epitomizes the entire genre....

@TBPInvictus here If you’re tired of California-minimum-wage-and-its-impact-on-limited-service-restaurant-employment stories, I...

@TBPInvictus here. About a decade ago, the city of Seattle undertook to raise its minimum wage, over time, to $15/hour. Massive credit...

I just finished wrapping up the chapters in the new book1 on the dangers of denominator bias, along with related chapters on lack...

I haven’t been paying much attention to the 2023 election cycle, other than getting annoyed at all the silly polls for next...

The chart in this morning’s reads shows what it is going to cost to fund the interest payments on the federal debt....

@TBPInvictus here; Let’s cut to the chase: “America’s Enormous Math Mistake” is a popular video on YouTube...

“Magazine covers, especially the Economist, are wonderful contrary indicators.” –@Trendsandtailrisks...

@TBPInvictus here: I want to avoid the usual “false equivalencies” and “both sides do it” approach, and ask a...

The Bull Stock Market Needs to Give Credit to the Calendar Returns this year look stellar, but only because equities collapsed the last...