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August 6, 2024
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August 6, 2024
Why Olympic Ranking Criteria Could Omit the Best Countries

Looking at Olympic ranking criteria, we always focus on the gold medal winners but there are lots of other possibilities.

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November 11, 2022
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November 11, 2022
November 2022 Friday’s e-links: Some Jack Welch Insight

Continuing with our November e-links, this week I recommend a New Yorker Magazine look at Jack Welch that tells us what we never knew.

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July 8, 2022
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July 8, 2022
July 2022 Friday’s e-links: College Ranking Questions

Our July 2022 e-links continue with the RH (Revisionist History) podcast on the folly and history of college ranking reports.

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April 22, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and best countries
April 22, 2021
How to Select the Best Countries

Instead of collecting a massive volume of statistics, iU.S. News uses people's perceptions to rank the world's 78 best countries.

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July 3, 2020
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July 3, 2020
July 2020 Friday’s e-links: A Lost van Gogh Painting

For our July 2020 e-links, my first recommendation is a podcast that traces the path of a van Gogh painting from a WW II Jewish family to a U.S. museum.

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August 17, 2017
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August 17, 2017
Throwback Thursday: Remembering the Best French Fries

#TBT Throwback Thursday: Looking back at the original McDonald's french fries that were made with beef tallow, we could say that the taste was worth the fat.

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January 8, 2015
Everyday Economics and how dynamic scoring is controversial because it spotlights growth instead of spending categories.
January 8, 2015
Understanding a New Tax Issue

With the House requiring dynamic scoring of tax legislation from the CBO, the bigger tax debate resurfaces on how much redistribution and spending.

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