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After the J&J Vaccine Pause, Daily Vaccination Rates Plummeted
NOTE: Please read the update and this post. It seems likely that, in fact, the J&J pause had little to no effect on vaccination rates or vaccine hesistancy. A couple of weeks ago we were arguing...
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Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: April 28 Update
Here’s the officially reported coronavirus death toll through April 28. The raw data from Johns Hopkins is here.
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Chart of the Day: GDP Is Soaring Already
Using the normal way of accounting, real GDP was up 6.4% in the first quarter of the year: Here's another way of looking at it: We're still about half a trillion dollars shy of where we'd be if there...
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Lunchtime Photo
Sunrise over the Mojave Desert. April 17, 2021 — San Bernardino County, California
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Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: April 29 Update
Here’s the officially reported coronavirus death toll through April 29. The raw data from Johns Hopkins is here.
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Personal Income Increases At $4 Trillion Annual Rate in March
If you're looking for some good news, check this out: Personal income skyrocketed by more than $4 trillion in March nearly all of it due to the $1,400 checks in the Democratic rescue plan passed...
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Eurozone Economy Declines In First Quarter
We have yet more exciting economic news this morning! The eurozone released its Q1 figures for GDP and they were not good. Real GDP fell by 0.6% from the previous year while US GDP was increasing:...
View ArticleBiden Is No FDR — Not Yet Anyway
I've been seeing an awful lot of this lately: There’s been a lot written about the parallels between Biden and FDR. But there’s one less-covered parallel that sticks out to me: Like FDR, Biden is...
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Fox News Continues To Have a Huge Impact on American Voting
Today brings an updated paper on the impact of Fox News on American elections. Here's the basic chart for presidential elections: The methodology is the same one the authors have used before, which...
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Friday Cat Blogging – 30 April 2021
This is Hilbert's favorite new place—if Marian isn't around, anyway. In the background you can see the communication hub of my blogging empire, complete with telephone and everything.
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