When Billionaires Notice A Shrinking Middle Class
Source: Fortune Last December, Fortune had a big column on The Shrinking Middle Class. Included was a fascinating set of...
Nobody Lives Here
The vast majority of the West is essentially uninhabited and vast stretch of plain, mountains, and desert. This Census department map...
What Really Extends Human Lifespans?
What could really increase your life expectancy, lifespan and longevity? Source: Information Is Beautiful
Min Wage Debate: NYC Edition
@TBPInvictus here: With his typical mendacity, and by cherry picking his data for unsuspecting readers, Mark Perry has again muddied the...
MIB: How Do Ideas Multiply?
The dotcom bust presented a conundrum. Innovation and creativity boom drove the global expansion, but there was no good ways to precisely...
Housing Bubble? What Bubble?
As real-estate buyers, lenders, and builders got swept up in speculation before the historic housing bust of 2006-09, prices soared even...
2018 Voter Turnout = Unprecedented
Say what you will about the 2016 midterms, but turnout was record setting: Source: FiveThirtyEight
Auto Delinquency Rates Feed the Debt Trolls
@TBPInvictus here: A throwaway line at the very tail end of a NY Fed blog post unfortunately got picked up lickety-split by all manner of...
Ranking U.S. Prosperity by President
You know my views on Presidents and the economy: Too much credit for when things go right, too much blame when things go wrong. Still, I...