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Medicare Provider Charge Data – Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Medicare Provider Charge Data – Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The spreadsheet comparing hospital’s costs.

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How the Case for Austerity Has Crumbled by Paul Krugman | The New York Review of Books

“In normal times, an arithmetic mistake in an economics paper would be a complete nonevent as far as the wider world was concerned. But in April 2013, the discovery of such a mistake—actually, a coding error in a spreadsheet, coupled … Continue reading

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About That Debt Crisis? Never Mind – NYTimes.com

  About That Debt Crisis? Never Mind – NYTimes.com.

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Wealth Inequality in America – YouTube

Wealth Inequality in America – YouTube. The top 1% own 40% of the nation’s wealth and earn 24% of the nation’s income.  The bottom 80% of Americans own only 7% of the nation’s wealth.

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The single best chart on the policies driving our deficits — now updated!

  The single best chart on the policies driving our deficits — now updated!.

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Why Government Spending Is Not Out of Control

Republicans claim that Obama is a big spender.  It’s not true. Why Government Spending Is Not Out of Control.   By BRUCE BARTLETT, The Fiscal Times January 25, 2013 It is a standard talking point of Republicans and deficit hawks of … Continue reading

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Think Obama’s a huge spender? Then you need to see these two charts.

  Think Obama’s a huge spender? Then you need to see these two charts..  

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Revenge of the Reality-Based Community | The American Conservative

For the record, no one has been more correct in his analysis and prescriptions for the economy’s problems than Paul Krugman. via Revenge of the Reality-Based Community | The American Conservative.

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Alien Civilizations and “The Killing Star”

And now for something completely different… This is a fascinating web site — one that I found when looking for the book “The Killing Star” by Charles Pellegrino and George Zebrowski.  The web site discusses space travel, aliens (vastly more realistic … Continue reading

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The single best graph on what’s driving our deficits

  The single best graph on what’s driving our deficits. “That’s all of the federal government’s spending in three graphs. The top graph is health care, including Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. The middle graph is Social Security. … Continue reading

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