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Breaking the Law of Averages has finally arrived (almost)!
The book is finally --- almost --- in the distribution system! You can sign up to pre-order at Amazon in the States. Amazon in Germany. (Note: The book is still…
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Top 10 Military Movies
Here's my list. Twelve O'Clock High : Inarguably the best. No show, no false notes, no forced emotion like you see so much nowadays. No political correctness in the sense…
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Which combination of President and Congress spent the most?
We're probably getting tired of this topic (I am), but many people requested that we look at the same data but take into account the influence of Congress. This is…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…