Category Archives: HOW TO LIE WITH STATISTICS
Canada Is The Only UN Member To Reject Landmark Indigenous Rights Document
Canada Is The Only UN Member To Reject Landmark Indigenous Rights Document Posted: 10/02/2014 4:52 pm EDT Updated: 10/03/2014 9:59 pm EDT Canada singled itself out as the only country to raise objections over a landmark United Nations document re-establishing the protection of … Continue reading
FBI Whistleblower [Sibel Edmonds] Alleges: ‘Pentagon,CIA, NATO and MI6 Were Masterminds Behind 9/11
FBI Whistleblower: Pentagon, CIA, NATO and MI6 Were Masterminds Behind 9/11 Post Categories: Canada The Washington’s Blog | Friday, September 12, 2014, 22:44 Beijing “As Far As People Who Ran The Show, It Was The Highest Levels of NATO, the … Continue reading
The Insidious Power of Propaganda: You Can Even Sell Wars Using…
The Insidious Power of Propaganda: You Can Even SELL WARS Using … Post Categories: Canada Karel van Wolferen | Monday, September 8, 2014, 15:07 Beijing To study the effects of political propaganda in what used to be called the ‘free … Continue reading
On the Political Economy of Wealth/Income/Power Inequality (An Evolving Essay)
In the US since 1949 inequality has increased with each expansion, with most gains going to the 1% (2 charts) from David Ruccio source That’s right: during the first three years of the current “recovery,” the top 10 percent captured 116 percent … Continue reading
Some Issues in Real World Economics
Map of the day : the world’s billionairs September 28, 2014 from David Ruccio This map of the world’s billionaires—all 2,325 of them (an all-time record high), with a total wealth of $7.3 trillion (which is higher than the market capitalization of all the … Continue reading
A Problem That Legions of Mainstream Academic Economists Have Simply Ignored (5 Charts)
A problem that legions of mainstream academic economists have simply ignored (5 charts) September 24, 2014 from David Ruccio The Wall Street Journal uses this chart to illustrate a story on a new report issued by Morgan Stanley on “Inequality and Consumption.”* Morgan Stanley’s research … Continue reading
The Official Public Discourse in US: Censorship and Orwellian ‘Double Think’, ‘Publicity of the Unspeakable’
The Official Public Discourse in US: Censorship and Orwellian “Double Think”, “Publicity of Unspeakable” Post Categories: Canada James Tracy | Saturday, August 9, 2014, 15:06 Beijing An infirmity once characterizing the past century’s most severe totalitarian regimes has now taken … Continue reading