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I know this sounds crazy, but ever since yesterday on the road, I've been seeing this shape. Shaving cream, pillows. Dammit! I know this. I know what this is! This means something. This is important. - Roy Neary, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1977
See Also:
Wikipedia: Garbage in, garbage out
Source Data:
St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart
yup, 2005-2011
ReplyDeletecrazy times with the core crazy centered in 2008, a year that certainly did not disappoint.
http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=heB
blue is consumer debt per PAYEM
red is gov't debt (ex-Fed) per PAYEM
by way of comparison, here's Japan per-worker government debt:
http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=heC
Wrong movie, but 'We're gonna need a bigger chart . . .'
http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/NREVNGOV
ReplyDeleteOne more, that's federal student loans.
In the Milton Bradley game of Life, to go to college requires taking out two promissory notes, and must pay $500 on each for every Pay Day square reached.
On the Day of Reckoning, each Promissory Note costs $25,000 to liquidate.
Muahahah
I was able to get out of college with $0 debt, thanks to working on-campus 30-40 hrs a week at $15 an hour (2012 dollars).
Yes, the garbage indicator. Less trash means less economic activity.
ReplyDeleteThat wasn't sleeping gas; the birds are DEAD.
Troy & TJandTheBear,
ReplyDeleteThere's no reason to become alarmed, and we hope you'll enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane? - Elaine Dickinson, Airplane!, 1980