The unemployment rate tends to understate how many people are actually out of work A PREVIOUS POST looked at the reasons why the reported unemployment rate in the USA tends to understate the “real” unemployment rate. To understand why this happens, here are a few equations which show how the formula for the unemployment rate […]
THIS is a very humorous and instructive (albeit PG rated) overview of economics. Here are the super-summary notes: 1. Microeconomics: The price of sh*t is determined by supply and demand. 2. Macroeconomics: Oh, sh*t! 3. Keynesian economics: Sh*t happens because of animal spirits. 4. Neo-keynesian economics: This sh*t is sticky. 5. Neo-classical synthesis: Sh*t happens in the […]
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Short the market, but long on you
THE market may be down, but not you. Be bullish about the future. Invest in yourself. And stay hungry. Your stock will rise.