In the first two parts of the “Hypothesis of Big Government” series, I got my hands on federal employment and employee income data, and also on median family income data, from about 1947 to 2007. A commenter on the second part of the series noted that ” . . . […]
Monthly Archives: March 2010
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I think a lot of people like to pick on places like Texas because of the very public way in which religion, politics, history, and science have been mixed up in discussions of education and teaching standards. An article I received today in the mail [1] suggests that we shouldn’t […]
There is one more study that is of interest in testing the hypothesis that big government is bad for America. While there appears to be no negative effect of the physical size of government on incomes [1], there is the potential that government spending has a negative impact on incomes. […]
Updated 3/20/2010: added a reference for the median family income data. Corrected the table of trends, removing an incorrect cell-by-cell normalization (division by the number of years over which the slope was measured). Slope is ALREADY in units of “per year,” so an additional division was not needed. This in […]
The new textbook standards being pursued by the Texas state board of education are still in motion, despite the rejection of some of the nuttier board members in recent elections. This was expected. The work that has gone on for so long has too much momentum to just be reversed. […]
Today, while driving to Milwaukee for a return flight to Dallas, Jodi and I heard on “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me” about a bill in the California State Assembly aimed at creating a “No Cuss Week” in March [1]. The idea was inspired by the creation of a “No Cussing […]
In late February and early March came periods of devastation for Chile. Those periods came in the form of ” . . . the most severe earthquake experienced by the oldest inhabitant . . . ” as stated in an account of the events. The account continues, “A bad earthquake […]