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8 Feb

Budget

by Barry Ritholtz
Nice chart: I thought I published this back in February — somehow, it didn’t take. >Source:A ‘Lean Budget’...

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6 Feb

Job Gains: How have Presidents fared?

by Barry Ritholtz
Jobs-data-palooza continues, with an analysis of the jobs data for each Presidential term, by Global Insight (via WSJ). Note that most...

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30 Jan

We’ve gone Map Crazy, part 3 (Iraq edition)

by Barry Ritholtz
We are at it again, folks. Iraq’s elections are today. Following in the footsteps of our previous Map obsessions, here is the...

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29 Jan

Why GDP is Soft, and is likely to stay that way

by Barry Ritholtz
Yesterday’s GDP number was a downside surprise —  at least to some. I love when CNBC schedules mega-Bulls for Squawk...

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27 Jan

Iraqi Elections

by Barry Ritholtz
Iraq’s elections are 3 days away. Following our past Map obsessions, here is a similar graphic of where the voters are in...

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24 Jan

Pro & Con of FCC Chair Michael Powell’s Tenure

by Barry Ritholtz
On Saturday, I noted that a WSJ Poll gave retiring FCC Chair Powell an "F." I suspected that the poll might be of interest to...

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17 Dec

Mandate/Shmandate

by Barry Ritholtz
The first Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll since Bush got re-elected finds that public opinion remains rather skeptical about any shifts...

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8 Dec

Politics & Shopping

by Barry Ritholtz
Are you donating your money to a party that holds the opposite of your political views? You may be doing so, albeit indirectly. Nearly...

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10 Nov

We’ve gone Map Crazy, part II!

by Barry Ritholtz
Last week, we admitted to going a little Map Crazy! Apparently, we aren’t the only ones. Since that post, some 40,000+ map freaks...

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6 Nov

We’ve gone Map Crazy!

by Barry Ritholtz
Over at our sister blog, essays & effluvia (now, 100% Economics free!) I gathered numerous election map post-mortems. Most of these...

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