Posted inStatistics
Which president spent the most?
Just for fun, here's another way to look at the same data we've been playing with (in this post and this one.) First thing is to calculate the inflation-adjusted spending…
Posted inStatistics
Government per capita spending revisted
Reader Stephen Dawson, a writer from Australia, has twice tried to show me where I made a bone-headed error in two of the figures from the original government per capita…
Posted inFun
Stock market crash, hearing aids, F-train music, and the boom-chhh Combinatoric Theory of Finite Musical Variety
The stock market is crashing and may have even bottomed out. Naturally, people are beginning to look around for buying opportunities. I have the perfect one. Hearing aids. Any company…
Posted inStatistics
On the growth of government spending: who benefits, the rich or poor?
UPDATE: Reader Stephen Dawson has kindly shown where I made a very stupid error. This error caused me to label the y-axis incorrectly in the third picture below. It also…
Posted inBook review
Signed copies: update
Update: to get a signed copy you must email me at matt@wmbriggs.com with SIGNED COPY in the subject line. I'll then contact you for payment details. Cost is $32.00. You…
Posted inFun
Statistic of the day
In today's New York Post comes a startling new research finding, bulleted in this graphic: In case you can not see the picture, it says that 29% of women "Care…
Posted inCulture
Classical music is dying
That's the sort of headline you see from time to time in places like Arts & Letters Daily and the arts sections of major newspapers. Invariably, what follows a few…
Posted inPhilosophy
Mark Twain
There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable and smokable which has in any way acquired a shady reputation. They pay this price for health.…
