IBM estimates that we create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day. They do not, however, estimate how much of this data is duplicated – all of the documents emailed between friends and coworkers that get stored on personal devices, …
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William Frey of The Brookings Institution analyzed new Census data to identify the places that are attracting young people. Keep in mind that young people are not moving in the numbers they once did, but the ones who do …
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The analogy of job-killing taxes is dramatic but it is not supported by evidence. Michael Chase writing for The Rational Middle not only dissects the argument but also provides a how-to guide for readers to check the data themselves. Yet we …
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Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is intriguing, but what they conceal is vital. This quote helps to get everyone’s attention whenever I am teaching students about analyzing economic data, which even I admit is a dry topic. …
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The news media makes too much about the swoons of the stock market. The stock market may be perhaps the single worst indicator of the health of the economy. So these indicators tell us more about what is happening in …
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