Category Archives: Dubious statistics

Standard Chartered Says Peak Oil Demand Is Not Imminent

The much predicted peak oil is running behind schedule, to the detriment of the planet.

On the Difficulty of Research in the Biomedical Sciences and Scientific Medicine

Why medical research is hard, and often path-dependent, which may not always be a good thing.

How Biden Can Win on the Economy: Stop Mass Layoffs

Why has Biden failed to add a clause to Federal contracts to protect workers from mass layoffs?

Yellen and Biden Administration Incompetence: Bullying and Entitlement, Rather Than Making a Case, Here Regarding China Overproduction

Yellen made a complete hash of the question of Chinese overcapacity, a real problem unlikely to sort itself out nicely.

Tilting at Windmills: Bernanke and Blanchard’s Obsession with the Wage-Price Spiral

The obsession of big-name economists with defending a bad model has consequences, here, a policy aim of whacking wages.

Europe’s New Fiscal Rules Harm Working People and Women, Boost Right-Wing Radicals

New EU fiscal rules, touted as creating and economic growth, actually embody a dangerous agenda to shred social safety nets.

China’s Local Government Financing Vehicles (LGFVs): Ponzi Finance on Steroids

How China’s local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) became China’s most complex economic challenge.

Prolegomena to an Understanding of the Replication Crisis in Science

Taking stock of the state of science’s replication crisis on the 20 year anniversary of JPA Ioannidis’ seminal article.

The Truth About China’s Economy: Debunking Western Media Myths

The second of a two-part discussion on whither China’s economy, emphasizing where the Western press and pundits are off base.

Financial Times Tells CalPERS Not to Go Further Into the Private Equity Haunted House

The Financial Times debunks private equity flim-flammery even as CalPERS and others sign up for more.

Young Voters, Victims of Neoliberalism, Pessimistic About the Future, Sour on Politics…As Officials Tell Them to Eat Statistics

A Wall Street Journal article about dispirited young voters reveals more than it intended to.

Victoria Nuland, Major Force Behind Failed Project Ukraine, Retires Unexpectedly

Victoria Nuland is leaving but sadly the considerable damage she has done will endure.

The Reality of Bidenomics: How Good Was Biden for the Economy?

A thorough takedown of the aggressively-sold falsehood that economic performance under Biden is good but the poors are too stupid to get it.

Mounting Research Shows That COVID-19 Leaves Its Mark on the Brain, Including Significant Drops in IQ Score

Even mild COVID-19 can lead to the equivalent of seven years of brain aging.