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Who can live here?
Here is similar data to to the Interactive Census Data but with a little more Manhattan orientation. The interactive chart let’s you look at different neighborhoods and shows the income distribution....
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Wealth and Income Distribution
I keep having trouble getting my head around how wealth is distributed in America — or maybe just that I don’t seem to explain it well enough to other people. There’s an article, “Who Rules America:...
View ArticleMore on Stuxnet Worm and Iran’s Nuclear Research
Last month there was an article about a virus that targetted Iran’s Nuclear Research. There’s a little more on Stuxnet worm in the NY Times. From Stuxnet Worm Used Against Iran Was Tested in Israel:...
View ArticleDeath’s in Guantanamo
In the Vietnam war, 144 POWs died. According to documents released to the ACLU there were 190 deaths of detainees in the War on Terror (not all at Guantanamo). … a detainee was killed by an unnamed...
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Inflation
From Calculated Risk is this graph of inflation. You can see the slight, recent, upturn. It is important to see the context: we are still way below “normal” levels and unemployment is still way above...
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Corporate Taxes: Maybe not so high
So you think US corporate taxes are too high? It’s holding back the economy? Here is what poor General Electric has had to pay. What’s that right most graph? “Effective Tax Rate”: aren’t those numbers...
View ArticleIranian Hackers Suspected in Recent Security Breach
Looks like Iranian Hackers Suspected in Recent Security Breach are either trying to get back for Stuxnet and more on Stuxnet. More likely it was for a man-in-the-middle attack to install viruses or...
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History of Science Fiction
From here is this great history of science fiction in poster form. So many fond memories: “Cities in Flight”, “The World of Null A”, “Stranger in a Strange Land”, “Dune”, …
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Does it make sense to buy a house?
Here’s a great interactive graphic from Trulia.com that shows the ratio of renting to buying. The ratio is how many years of paying before you paid full price for an equivalent house. This data is...
View ArticleInvesting my money
Here’s some reinforcement from The Big Picture about why I have trouble putting money in the stock market: Recall what Charles Ellis said when he was overseeing the $15-billion endowment fund at Yale...
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