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20 Nov

Dangers of a Fact-Free America

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus here: When did America lose interest in reality? There was a time that economic releases from government agencies –...

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21 Jul

Defend Against Statistical Nonsense

by Barry Ritholtz
Source: NYPD     Now that the political conventions are in full throat and the silly season has started, I thought it might be...

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27 Jun

The Frightening Global Rise of Agnotology

by Barry Ritholtz
Culturally Constructed Ignorance Wins the Day Exaggeration is one thing. Living in an alternate universe is another. Bloomberg, June 27,...

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15 Jun

More Bad Math – This Time on USA Expats

by Barry Ritholtz
Americans are renouncing their citizenship in record numbers! Or so we’ve been told. Lots of partisan reasons have been cited for this,...

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8 Jun

Brownback’s Abject Tax Policy Failure in KS

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus here. In July 2012, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback penned an op-ed titled “Tax Cuts Needed to Grow Economy” in...

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3 Jun

Trump: Unemployment is 20%; BLS Data is Fraudulent

by Barry Ritholtz
By now, we have become almost used to a steady stream of inaccurate statements from the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Most...

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24 May

Was April Retail Sales Data Rigged?

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus here. I was made aware last week that ZeroHedge had picked up on some comments made on Bloomberg by MacroMavens economist...

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12 May

Atrocious Math Mars Atlantic “Mass Extinction” Article

by Guest Author
Salil Mehta is a two-time Administration executive, leading Treasury/TARP’s analytics team, as well as PBGC’s policy, research, and...

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8 Apr

Busted: The Sad Data Manipulation of Prof Mark Perry

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus here: It was exactly one year ago – here – that I penned my first piece on Seattle’s then-new (just going...

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4 Apr

Why Can’t We Find Productivity Gains?

by Barry Ritholtz
Soaring Productivity Is Missing From the Numbers We produce more with less because of technology. But data measurement hasn’t kept...

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  • About Barry Ritholtz

      Barry L. Ritholtz is co-founder, chairman, and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management LLC. Launched in...

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