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Prediction vs Outcome: Market vs Polling Aggregation. March 15, 2016. The picture above represents what the market believes to be the outcome for March 15. Donald ‘ought’ to win Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, all by a strong margin. The market has chosen Cruz for Missouri, and Kasich for Ohio. The picture above represents what the polling mechanisms have aggregated. UPDATE: Kasich wins Ohio, Trump wins Florida, North Carolina, Missouri, and Illinois. Brokered Conventions and the RNC. March 8, 2016.
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Glass-Steagall Act: Panacea or Just a Single Piece of the Puzzle? | dagonswift
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Glass-Steagall Act: Panacea or Just a Single Piece of the Puzzle? July 9, 2015. According to textbooks and most professors, central banks inflate the money supply by the money multiplier theory, although I believe the ‘credit creation theory’. Why do I doubt Bernie Sanders will sincerely take on the money men? Perhaps Andrew Jackson could shed some light on this? Languishing at 0-0.25 upper bound, there is very little room for monetary stimulus if another crisis were to hit. Perhaps it’s ti...The enormou...
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Politics and Science: Truly the Strangest of Bedfellows | dagonswift
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Politics and Science: Truly the Strangest of Bedfellows. July 20, 2015. 8220;The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.” H. L. Mencken. Is it currently too hot or too cold? And if so, by how many degrees? Skepticism is the process of applying reason and critical thinking to determine validity. On the other hand, manipulating data and forcing results to fit a preconceived conclusion is fraudulent and unscientific. Something more befitting of politicians. One thought on ...