Think By Numbers
Numbers cannot lie. A world without disease, starvation, violence, and suffering is the ultimate destination of humanity. Getting there will require voters to base their decisions on statistical cost-benefit analyses instead of irrational emotions. The power of numbers can make utopia a reality.
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Why Think by Numbers?
Numbers cannot lie. A world without disease, starvation, violence, and ...
Numbers cannot lie. A world without disease, starvation, violence, and suffering is the ultimate destination of humanity. Getting there will require voters to base their decisions on statistical cost-benefit analyses instead of irrational emotions.
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Financial Sector Costs Us More than Any Other Sector In Economy
The financial sector receives more of the average paycheck than ...
The financial sector receives more of the average paycheck than any other sector of the economy. Its share of the economy totals $2 trillion dollars. In 1985, the financial sector earned less than 16% of domestic corporate profits. Today,
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GOP Presidential Candidates’ Budget Plans EXPOSED!!!
GOP Candidate Ron Paul has produced a detailed budget containing ...
GOP Candidate Ron Paul has produced a detailed budget containing over $1 trillion in first-year reductions. Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, and Newt Gingrich have only indicated that they would attempt to repeal Obamacare saving an average of $20 billion a...
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Anti-Terrorism Spending 50,000 Times More Than on Any Other Cause of Death
The US spends more than $500 million per victim on ...
The US spends more than $500 million per victim on anti-terrorism efforts. However, cancer research spending is only $10,000 per victim. Evolutionary psychology may offer an explanation for this irrational threat amplification.
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A More Progressive Tax System Makes People Happier
From medicalnewstoday.com: - The way some people talk, you'd think ...
From medicalnewstoday.com: - The way some people talk, you'd think that a flat tax system - in which everyone pays at the same rate regardless of income - would make citizens feel better than more progressive taxation,
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Government Spends More on Corporate Welfare Subsidies than Social Welfare Programs
About $59 billion is spent on traditional social welfare programs. ...
About $59 billion is spent on traditional social welfare programs. $92 billion is spent on corporate subsidies. So, the government spent 50% more on corporate welfare than it did on food stamps and housing assistance in 2006.
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What Would Have Happened If We Let AIG Fail?
The average household in America had to shell out around ...
The average household in America had to shell out around $2000 to make sure that AIG's counter-parties wouldn't have to accept the risks they took. Would the world really have ended if we let AIG declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy?
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Bailout Costs $16,000 per Worker
This is the only clear examination of the true costs ...
This is the only clear examination of the true costs of the bailouts that I've seen. - These ideas are so simple, yet so rarely ever expressed in the mainstream media.
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Historical Examples Show Government Intervention Only Prolongs Economic Downturns
This study by the Federal Reserve examines the effects of ...
This study by the Federal Reserve examines the effects of government intervention and the absence thereof in two similar financial crises which occurred simultaneously in Chile and Mexico. Chile liquidated the insolvent banks and instituted a new regul...
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The Future of US Government Debt
Those defending the huge budget deficit incurred by the massive ...
Those defending the huge budget deficit incurred by the massive federal stimulus package often say, "These are extraordinary times. We can't afford to worry about the national debt now. We'll be in a better position to deal with that later." -
