Why Economic Models Are Always Wrong

Seeded on Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:35 PM EDT (Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American)

Apparently, the process by which many economic models are created and used is seriously flawed.

business, economics, free-market, economic-policy, economic-model

The Truth Wears Off - The Decline Effect and the Scientific Method

Seeded on Mon Jan 3, 2011 4:26 PM EST (New Yorker)

Interesting article on something known as the "decline effect".

science, scientific-method, decline-effect

Don't Blame the US for the Global Recession

Seeded on Thu Apr 9, 2009 12:00 PM EDT (Cato Headlines)

An interesting idea about some of the root causes of the global recession.

business, oil, wall-street, housing, blame, sub-prime, global-recession

Most Presidents Ignore the Constitution

Seeded on Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:09 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

From Adams to Lincoln, to FDR, to GWB, most Presidents, and the legislators that they work with have basically ignored the US Constitution. Rather than honoring their oaths to uphold that document, they instead basically have done whatever they thought they could get away with.

constitution, politics, bailout, unconstitutional, free-market

Evolution stops here: Future Man will look the same, says scientist

Seeded on Tue Oct 7, 2008 12:06 PM EDT (the Mail online)

For centuries, writers have attempted to predict the future of the human race. Some have argued that we are destined to evolve into super-beings, others that we are turning into dim-witted goblins incapable of anything more demanding than watching TV.

evolution, science, de-evolution

Evolution is deterministic, not random, biologists conclude from multi-species study

Seeded on Mon Nov 19, 2007 2:31 PM EST (PhysOrg.com)

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A multi-national team of biologists has concluded that developmental evolution is deterministic and orderly, rather than random, based on a study of different species of roundworms. The findings are reported in the latest issue of the journal Current Biology.

evolution, science, order, biology, randomness, determinism, developmental-evolution, roundworms

Ron Paul's Supporters May Not Be Real, But They Sure Have Money -- Real Time Ron Paul Q4 Donation Stats

Seeded on Mon Nov 5, 2007 7:58 AM EST (paulcash.slact.net)

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This is simply amazing. I don't think I've ever seen a single day's haul like this from a candidate and it's not even 8:00 am EST yet.

money, politics, donations, campaign-finance, cash, republican, support, libertarian, ron-paul

Evolution is Dead

Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:08 AM EDT

I am an avid fan of Heroes. This article isn't about that show but a thought that has been brewing in my mind for almost 15 years.

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evolution, science, heroes

Does Rudy Giuliani know anything about 9/11?

Wed Oct 10, 2007 7:07 PM EDT

For someone that was so intimately involved in the aftermath of September 11 Rudy Giuliani doesn't seem to know anything about the events that lead up to it.

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politics, republican, debates, september-11, rudy-giuliani, ron-paul

The Problem With Diversity

Seeded on Thu Aug 9, 2007 1:22 PM EDT (The Boston Globe)

A new study show how diversity leads to socially weak communities. Highly diverse communities have lower voter turnout, volutneer less, have less funding for schools, and generally distrust more.

immigration, science, diversity, racism, integration, segregation, social-captial

Ron Paul: 'The majority of Americans are with me'

Seeded on Tue May 22, 2007 7:40 AM EDT (Raw Story)

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'Dark horse' presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) believes that "that the majority of Americans are with me," regarding his harsh insurgent attacks on President Bush's Iraq policies.

middle-east, election, al-qaida, politics, republican-party, republican, election-2008, wolf-blitzer, south-vietnam, ron-paul

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Fox News Bends Over Backwards to Discredit Themselves

Wed May 16, 2007 1:05 AM EDT

I watched portions of the GOP debate this evening and found it pretty interesting, if wholly unexciting with the exception of a few exchanges. However, the real fireworks started with the post debate coverage on Fox News.

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debate, politics, gop, paul, ron, neocon

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Why Economic Models Are Always Wrong
Source: Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American
Apparently, the process by which many economic models are created and used is seriously flawed.
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Occupy Wallstreet Movement Should Open a Lemonade Stand.
What better way to shove it in the faces of corporate america than to open a grass-roots, for-the-people, by-the-people business that will...wait for it...donate its profits to yet another grass-roots, for-the-people, by-the-people charity that works to educate the unemploy …
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Independent reporting of OccupyWallStreet
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I was unhappy with the poor journalistic coverage of the #OccupyWallStreet protests, so I went to Wall Street myself to see what’s going on, and report on it.It’s the quality of the coverage, not the amount that's the problem.
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Elizabeth Warren's Blank Check - Robert P. Murphy
Source: Mises Daily
Recently a video of Elizabeth Warren has gone viral, garnering more than half a million views in the first ten days. After lambasting the policies of the Bush administration, Warren goes on to critique the claim that rich people have a right to the income from their activities.
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