Dismal Economic Numbers
Real U.S. GDP growth rate from the first quarter of 2009 to the second quarter of 2016. The maroon curve is a linear fit to the data from Q1 2014 … Read More
Month: July 2016
The U.S. Federal Government Budget
Total U.S. Federal Government Debt in millions of dollars (blue curve with scale on the left), and its share of GDP in percent (maroon curve with scale on the right). St. … Read More
Donald Trump’s Acceptance Speech
Donald J. Trump giving his acceptance speech for the GOP presidential nomination on July 21, 2016 Image Credit: YouTube/ABC 15 Arizona Listening to Donald Trump’s acceptance speech last night, most … Read More
The Socialism of the Scandinavian Countries
The Scandinavian Countries of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden Image Credit: Wikitravel/Stefan Ertmann In the previous post Are European States More Socialist Than The US?, I noted that American progressives had … Read More
Are European States More Socialist Than The US?
Alphonse de Lamartine rejecting the red flag of socialism in front of the Town Hall of Paris during the 1848 French Revolution. Wikimedia Commons/ Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux (1815-1884) The … Read More
Economic Freedom in the United States
World Map of the WSJ/Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom Image Credit:Â Heritage Foundation It would distress many Americans to learn the United States does not have the greatest economic freedom … Read More
A Closer Look at the Index of Economic Freedom
World Map of the WSJ/Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom Image Credit: Heritage Foundation In a number of posts I have used the Wall Street Journal/Heritage Foundation Index of Economic … Read More
Hillary Clinton’s Troubles Are Not Finished
Screen Shot from FBI Director James Comey’s testimony on why FBI did not recommend seeking an indictment for Hillary Clinton, July 7, 2016. Democratic party supporters might wish and hope … Read More
This Smells to High Heaven!
Garbage In, Garbage out: Who can bear the smell! Image Credit: Flickr.com/soundfromwayout Well, FBI Director James Comey finally came out and announced today the FBI would not recommend to the … Read More
Something Is Happening in the Sun!
Structure of the Sun Wikimedia Commons/Kelvinsong Something important is most definitely going on inside the sun! We have just finished eleven straight days with no sunspots on the sun’s surface. … Read More
The United States: An Exceptional Country?
The draft Declaration of Independence being presented to the Second Continental Congress by the five man drafting committee on June 28, 1776. The five men standing before the Chair are … Read More
Are Leftist Economies Better Than Free-Markets?
Country per capita GDP vs. WSJ/Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom for 195 nations Data courtesy of Wall Street Journal/Heritage Foundation and the World Bank In a comment to the … Read More