It seems even Bill Gates can be taken in by poor understanding of statistics. Specifically,… Bill Gates - North Carolina - Education - Student - United States...
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James Ledbetter at Slate writes: Blockbuster - Netflix - Microsoft - Business - Jim Cramer...
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Conor Friedersdorf recently posted this thought: United States - Ivy League - Political Science - Public sector - Business...
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Commenter Tall Dave writes: Law - Tragedy - Oedipus - United States - Jocasta...
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The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has responded to my critique of their graph: Social Security - Gross domestic product - Inflation - Income tax - United States...
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Conor Friedersdorf recently posted this thought: Though it isn't defensible, it is unsurprising that a lot of people who eschew offers to work at these firms, favoring public sector work instead, imagine that they are making an enormous personal sacrifice...
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The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has made some splashes with this graph. I find this strangely unconvincing as a policy argument for anything.For starters, the 0.7% of GDP that it covers only matches the shortfall for a brief period, at least...
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The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has made some splashes with this graph. I find… Medicare - Congressional Budget Office - Social Security - Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - United States...
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Jay Cost makes a pretty strong case that it is. The Republicans started pulling into parity… Republican - Politics - Democratic - Health care - United States...
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