Category Archives: Demographics

Number of Wireless Devices Exceed U.S. Population

Posted on October 11, 2011 by macromon

Go West Wireless, young man.  –  Horace Greeley,  paraphrased. Great piece in today’s Washington Post pointing out that there are now more wireless devices being used in the United States than there are Americans. The number of mobile devices rose … Continue reading →

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Occupy Wall Street: End the Fed?

Posted on October 11, 2011 by macromon

Wow!  Take a listen to this.  President Kennedy had trouble understanding monetary policy and most economists are in the same boat.  We wonder how many in the OWS crowd can.   Long moats in Greenwich.   (click here if video … Continue reading →

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The Wealth of World Leaders

Posted on October 10, 2011 by macromon

Great infographic from visual.ly.   Click graphic to enlarge. by ejfox via (click here if chart is not observable)

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U.S. September Job Creation by Industry

Posted on October 7, 2011 by macromon

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Occupy Wall Street and the Nobel Peace Prize

Posted on October 6, 2011 by macromon

Tomorrow’s announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize could give the OWS movement a mega shot of caffeine Red Bull (great pun!).    The Washington Post confirms our priors, Leading Nobel-guesser Kristian Berg Harpviken, the director of the Peace Research Institute in … Continue reading →

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Nobel Peace Prize for Egypt’s “Google Ghandi”?

Posted on October 2, 2011 by macromon

The Peace Research Institute Oslo predicts many of the cyber activists in the youth movements which led revolutions  in Tunisia and Egypt earlier this year are  candidates to win the Nobel Peace Price.   The winner will be announced this Friday. … Continue reading →

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Charts of the Day: Asian-Americans Rising

Posted on September 17, 2011 by macromon

Here’s a couple  interesting charts from the BLS, which are sure to raise some eyebrows.  We’d be careful about jumping to snap and simplistic conclusions about the data.  There are many complex factors that determine these outcomes, not the least … Continue reading →

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This Time is Different

Posted on September 9, 2011 by macromon

Those dreaded words you never want to hear as an investor.  But check out the Fortune Magazine graphic of this recession relative to others since the WWII.   Yes it’s a balance sheet problem and the economy needs more time to … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day: Facebook and Narcissism

Posted on August 28, 2011 by macromon

Technology Review has a great little piece, Where Is the Facebook for Old People? Here’s the money quote: Where is the online social networking equivalent of the Jitterbug phone? Easy to use, foolproof, and designed, more than anything, to keep … Continue reading →

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Chart of the Day: Youth Employment Ratio Lowest on Record

Posted on August 28, 2011 by macromon

The BLS reports, In July, the employment-population ratio for youth—the proportion of the 16- to 24-year-old civilian noninstitutional population that was employed—was 48.8 percent, a record low for the series. Long flash mobs and water cannons. (click here if chart … Continue reading →

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