What IS a Recession???
The white house recently issued a press release defining what it believes to be a recession – “a monthly concept...
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Which President Presided Over The Largest Inflation and Wage Gains?
We downloaded the FRED’s Annualized Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees and the FRED’s Annualized U.S. Inflation data in order...
Do The Top 400 Wealthiest Really Only Pay 8%?
The Biden administration recently claimed that the top 400 wealthiest families in the US paid just 8%. The analysis used publicly available...
Is Inflation in the U.S. Greater than Other Countries Around the World?
Some have suggested that the inflation we are experiencing is not just US centric inflation. We check the data. Background...
Are Republican States Performing Better Than Democrat States in the Pandemic Overall?
In our earlier analysis we compared unemployment, with Republican states doing better, and COVID deaths, with Democratic states doing better....
Visualized: The Cost of the Biden COVID Mandates
We calculated estimates on what the cost of implementing the proposed Biden Administration COVID vaccine mandates would look like. In...
Was Any Specific Power Source More Responsible for Power Outages in Texas?
As winter storm bore down onto Texas millions of power customers lost power. Not to be outdone political pundits took...
Are Plant Based Meat Substitutes Healthier Than Regular Meat?
Can the Impossible Burger or Beyond Meat outdo beef? What do the numbers say? In 2014 Beyond Meat began offering...
Tesla Solar Roof. A Good Deal?
Beware! There is wonky math involved. “solar tiles are cheaper than everything else, but only when accounting for energy generation”. Also,...
