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September Search: The Bing Train Keeps Rolling

YOUR LINE CHARTS ARE INDECIPHERABLE - STICK TO B&W UNTIL YOU LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT SMALLSCREEN COLOR THEORY!!!

Do Recessions Cause a Fall in Births?

IF YOU EXAMINE US BIRTH RATES ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1900 - YOU WILL SEE YOU HAVE IT A BIT BACKWARDS - ECONOMIC BOOM TIMES (AND IMMIGRATION INCREASES) INCENT AN INCREASE IN BIRTHS! THE DATA FROM '29 TO '40 ARE ESPECIALLY INTERESTING AND SHOW THE DEPRESSION BIRTH-DEARTH DID NOT EASE UNTIL THE PRE-WWII ECONOMIC UPTURN IN '38+/-. LIVING IN MANHATTAN PRESENTS A GREAT MARKET TOP INDICATOR BASED ON BABY STROLLER DENSITY!

The Myth That U.S. Health Care Is a Free Market

I HEARD THIS ARGUMENT MADE LAST NIGHT ON CNBC'S HEALTHCARE SPECIAL AND WAS, AT FIRST, CAPTIVATED BY ITS LOGIC. BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE MAJOR FLAW IN THIS OTHERWISE COMPELLING THESIS - AND THAT IS THE SINGLE WORD 'ELECTIVE' - YOU CAN HAVE A 'FREE MARKET' IN THIS CATEGORY SINCE HAIR TRANSPLANTS, TUMMY TUCKS, BOTOX AND VISION CORRECTION ARE NOT PROCEDURES WHICH MODERATE SERIOUS HEALTH OUTCOMES - LIKE DYING! A BETTER EXAMPLE MIGHT BE FREE-STANDING HERNIA REPAIR 'FACTORIES' WHICH HAVE APPLIED FREE MARKET ECONOMICS OF SPECIALISATION AND VOLUME TO A NOT-QUITE-ELECTIVE PROCEDURE?

The New Energy Cold War: The Warsaw-Tehran Connection

A SUPERBLY PRESENTED, THOUGHTFUL PIECE - WISH MORE POSTINGS ON SA WERE AS SERIOUSLY PRODUCED!!!