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Bias in monthly report of production wages 3456
On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, alexy Yeah, duh. "May" is another one of those words that when used in certain contexts raises a lot of unwarranted falso hopes. Like...
Bias in monthly report of production wages 3457
On Sun, 11 Dec 2005, alexy You keep issuing truth by proclamation, don't you? If you were...
Bias in monthly report of production wages 3458
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005, alexy More like: i) rarely, and ii) when it suits you. All depends on your definitions and the game you want to play and whether other...
Alexy's 'excessive blood loss' correlation
On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, alexy Alexy came up with this idea that there was a high correlation between "excessive blood loss" (without defining excess, and without discerning whether...
Bias in monthly report of production wages 3460
high Again - what might that something be? Hint - * Coincidence * Or the most likely of all - a...
Bias in monthly report of production wages 3461
Read the next line. Very unlikely if a large enough body of data provides a strong...
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On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 18:53:38 -0500, alexy You are, as usual, quite missing the point. The point being that if you have your notion that A might be affected by B. And you...
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On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 20:15:32 -0500, alexy We know that and are not arguing over that! Correlation does not consbreastute *evidence...
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Exactly. And I think any statistician or actuary worth his or her salt will recognize that. However, if they are presented with that correlation without the information on what other things had been...
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On Thu, 8 Dec 2005, alexy I'm glad you said that. that is a valid...
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Well, the empires came and went. The people that lived in those countries lived there before, during, and after...
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Thomas Bartkus They can always be applied. How effectively is the question. ;-) Economists claim they are. IMO that is...
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On Thu, 8 Dec 2005, Thomas Bartkus Oh, you don't have to plead guilty. Well, these guys are constantly writing articles in the lay press...
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On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, alexy Honestly, I think it is beyond me to consider a truly serious and indepth analysis of...
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On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, alexy Well, I'd really have to re-review the articles I read on the descrepancies perceived-reported by the...
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No, I expected about what I got. But there was always the possibility that you actually meant what you said when you said "I can think of...
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On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, alexy Well, I was not going to take a serious hour of my time to review those sources I quoted, review some other data and newspaper...
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No need. I know you started saying that as soon as I called you on your claim to be able to think of some biases that would come from employer...
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I think I'm beginning to see why you got a B in rhetoric. Even that may have been generous! When most of us break the Tim rule and use the present tense, we...
Intel okays $1 billion investment for India
Dr.Shri.Shri.Rainam Ji Maharaj Ji But the Chosen People got the big bucks chip plant: TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Intel Corp. will build a chip plant in Israel...
Why Not In America
This guy clearly makes a very good point: " in its education program, WNA will begin by helping Americans see just how our economic, social and...
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Big spenders here! Indians live life king size 3479
no -that is supply side economics which is practised in the US to its extreme -which...
Big spenders here! Indians live life king size 3480
Supply side economics says keep pouring investment into production, it will lead to more poeple being hired, increase demand for inputs and thus boost growth. Reagan was the last...
Big spenders here! Indians live life king size 3481
bobber Input can be provided by other countries without boosting growth in the USA. Maybe you forgot GWB Jr. Regana may have been the first...
The Problem of Virtual Immigration Summary: The Problem of Virtual Immigration
This paragraph is from the following Paul Craig Roberts article: "Low wage Americans have lost many jobs to Mexican immigrants. But virtual immigrants...
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nospam and how will you deal with it if every country comes up with the same rule of thumb? companies usually sell for a profit -but if you place a heavy tax burden on...
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Kamal R. Prasad The system will work just fine for everybody. Correct. Part of the money are recirculated into the society creating value. This will also provide incentives for local...
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snip They are high value -added jobs for incompetent people. For competent people overseas, programming is about reading up a $10 book...
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Your so freaking jealous it's sad. He isn't talking to you... Truth is free trade is destroying America. It's...
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Straydog One branch of the USA economy is indisputably on the rise - investment business. And it...
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Old Pif Yes, that's right -- the future of the US is becoming the financial centre of the world, investing money everywhere, and conducting the lavish lifestyle off the...
The Problem of Virtual Immigration 3489
I work a regular day job at a regular company -- big but not huge. At my work site, there are roughly 20 PhD's, including me. I am the top ranking engineer in my particular skill...
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Old Pif These 2 countries represent about 20% of the world's population. If I had to buttume that all humans are created equal -they have the potential to contribute 20% of the world's...
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yes -it moved out of Indus valley to babylona and from there to the roman empire. no -I am saying the US has gone up without any support...
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On Sat, 10 Dec 2005, Kamal R. Prasad We have been over this many times and you keep generating a false conclusion from a poor understanding of reality. The reality is that the...
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On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Kamal R. Prasad You have ALWAYS bashed the USA and only the USA. If we look at Debt Consolidation per capita, Debt Consolidation per total land...
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Kamal R. Prasad You think that "ideas" is a commodity just like oil or a capacity to dig out ditches, and that it is easy to come up...
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Engineering work involves problem solving -that is kind of like coming up with ideas -but here the problem is...
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Kamal missed my point (as I almost expected analytical minds have difficulties with grasping the subject as a whole and as a consequence with looking from...
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On Thu, 7 Dec 2005, Kamal R. Prasad You don't have a well-developed Consumer Debt market in India until you can compare it with the rest of the world...
More complaints not mine about lousey BLS data
side note to alexy: put this in your pipe and smoke it!) From the WSJ Monday, Sept 26, LTE column, page A19: Quote...
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Gee, how long does it take to figure that one out? There are 123,000 commercial rated pilots in the US (some of whom...
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On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, alexy ^^^^^ What, you don't know how many? ^^^^ possible range: 51...
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Woah, looks like I went way too fast and buttumed way too much. I'll try...
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On Thu, 8 Dec 2005, alexy Not fast, you just skipped over things as if we're supposed to be clairvoyant. No kidding? I'll I'll read and comment.... and...
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Neither. It was the WSJ article, misinterpreting the BLS data. I agree. They gave a clearer picture than was provided by the BLS, while correcting the incorrect picture given by the...
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That's what my initial post in this thread was all about, although it would be more accurate to characterize...
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On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, alexy And it sounded pretty much like "Here is how alexy would...
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Your memory is badly flawed. You can read about what was actually said, and what you acknowledged, quoted later in this note. You clearly missed the whole point. Everyone in the...
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On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, alexy See below... I don't follow and-or I don't remember. Pardon me. Try me again and I'll try to pay more attention and allocate a...
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But that is not what we are talking about. We are talking about furloughs and layoffs, not early...
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On Sat, 10 Dec 2005, alexy I used the term layoff package. Read what I wrote. Yes. They may also call it a reorganization and provide incentives (the buyouts) to...
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Okay, so it's beginning to sound like you are catching on that there is nothing in the LTE's that give you much reason...
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On Sat, 10 Dec 2005, alexy Many many times now, I portrayed the LTEs as providing a better "picture" of the entire pilot career...