Category Archives: Dubious statistics

More on DOGE’s Fraud and Destruction

An update on DOGE’s rampage through government functions.

Keynesian Militarism or Wishful Thinking?

European NATO members hope Keynes’ magic will make their newly adopted militarism feasible. A sanity check.

For Health Apps, Questions Over Privacy and Efficacy

Apps that track health data or help provide care may be beneficial, but experts worry about the lack of regulation.

More Trump Punishment of the Poors: HHS Eliminates Office That Sets Poverty Levels Tied to Benefits for 80 Million People

Yet another Trump gutting of a whole swathe of programs, here by eliminating the experts who knew how to determine poverty thresholds.

Data Center Boom Sparks Utility Spending—But How Real Is the Demand?

In an unexpected break for the environment, might much-hyped data center energy demand fall short of projections?

Trump’s Tariffs Are Extremely Dumb, Just Not For The Reasons You Might Think

The massive Trump tariffs are a con on a global scale. Trump is not rejecting the corporate trade model. He’s weaponizing it.

Private Equity Shares Tank Based on Trump Tariffs; Private Equity and Credit Crises Coming?

How the Trump tariffs will whack private equity, and even more so, investors like CalPERS and other public pension funds.

Another Trump Big Lie: “Reciprocal Tariffs”

Further discussion of the delustions and misrepresentations of the Trump tariffs.

Fed Not Buying Trump Administration Economic Snake Oil but Stands Largely Pat While Depicting Higher Inflation, Lower Growth Prospects

The Fed has noticed that Trump’s policies are chilling growth while stoking inflation, but is not yet ready to react strongly.

Replacing Foreign Aid: A Macroeconomic Plan B for Ukraine (and Europe)

Some Serious Economists make an analytically desperate justification of Europe providing big-ticket economic assistance to Ukraine

Business Press Suddenly and Widely Reporting Damage Done by Trump Economic Policies

As the wheels start coming off the Trump economy, the president shows no sign of changing course.

The Perceived Costs of Business Cycles and Inflation

Quelle surprise! People really hate the uncertainty that comes with business cycles. This bodes ill for the Trump regime.

Labour Is Becoming the Enemy of the Vulnerable and the Disabled

Labour goes all in for cutting social spending, first for the disabled, almost certainly with the excuse that it’s needed to fund rearming.

DOGE: Chaos, Damage, Drama Not Enough to Cover the Stench of Corruption

DOGE is up to even more no good than you imagined.

Climate Change: Insuring the World of Tomorrow

Leading edge conventional wisdom on the role of insurance as climate disasters increase underestimates the severity of the problem.