Category Archives: Dubious statistics

Buttigieg’s Small Donor Surge: Less There Than Meets the Eye?

A first look at the data about Buttigieg’s donors raises some uncomfortable questions.

What the April 15 Emerson Democratic Primary Poll Says About Emerson and Sanders

It’s 2016 all over again, as the press and analysts go to unusual lengths to ignore Sanders’ gains.

Private Equity Investors’ Pockets Picked Even More With Increases in Carry Fees

More evidence that private equity is an exercise in separating fools from their money.

Why China’s Current Account Balance Approaches Zero

China’s once-hefty current account surpluses are falling away. What are the implications?

Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Nineteen: Uber’s IPO Prospectus Overstates Its 2018 Profit Improvement by $5 Billion

Uber’s financial data in its S-1 filing is misleading and even inconsistent.

Bill Black: Tom Friedman Just Noticed that the UK “Has Gone Mad”

Bill Black uses Tom Friedman’s recognition just this week that Brexit is a mess as the foundation of a detailed takedown of Friedman’s propaganda, um, views.

Wall Street Journal Story Confirms That CalPERS Plans to Overpay Grossly in Its New Private Equity Scheme

More proof (as if you needed it) that CalPERS is clueless.

Striking Teachers in Denver Shut Down Performance Bonuses – Here’s How That Will Impact Education

Denver teachers were able to put an end to a performance bonus system they argued was capricious. What impact might this change have?

Wolf Richter: My Fancy-Schmancy “Fed Hawk-o-Meter” Ticks Down, Still Red-Lines. In Passing, Fed Plants Seed for Removing “Patient”

Not surprisingly, given economic weakness in Europe and China plus Trump trade war saber-rattling, the Fed seems less gung ho about the health of the economy than it was last summer.

Climate Damages: Uncertain but Ominous, or $51 per Ton of Carbon?

The dark and contested art of pricing carbon emissions.

How the Peak Oil Story Could Be “Close,” But Not Quite Right

An in-depth look at the “peak oil” thesis and how well its predictions are playing out.

Chinese Growth: A Balancing Act

What is driving the slow-down in Chinese growth and what are the implications for Chinese policymakers and the global economy?

Private Equity Expert Dr. Ashby Monk Repudiates CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost’s Private Equity Scheme During and Immediately After Presentation at CalPERS

CalPERS can’t even get friendly private equity experts to back Marcie Frost’s hare-brained scheme.

Vital Economic Data Was Likely Lost During the Shutdown – Here’s Why It Matters to All Americans

Another shutdown cost….