Tag Archives: The Economist

The Overbearing Heaviness of Regulation

Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2012 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

This week’s edition of The Economist has an excellent article on over-regulation in the United States, and how it is stifling economic growth. For example, America’s share of initial public offerings (IPOs) fell from 67% in 2002 to just 16% … Continue reading →

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Press Recession Mentions Presage Recessions

Posted on Saturday, September 24, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

The Economist‘s Daily Chart blog publishes a lot of creative and fascinating charts each week. A little over a week ago, the blog published the chart above, which tracks the number of articles in the Financial Times and the Wall … Continue reading →

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Conflict Correlated with Climate

Posted on Saturday, August 27, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Several months ago, I published the following chart to describe my theory on the underlying causes of instability. I confidently asserted that instability is “a positive feedback loop driven by weather, energy and food prices, currency fluctuations, repression, and demography.” … Continue reading →

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The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves

Posted on Sunday, July 31, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Below is an interesting chart from The Economist that compares America’s current anemic economic recovery from the 2007-09 recession with those of the 1973-75, 1981-82, and the 1990-91 recessions. The bottom line is that the current recovery is lagging both in … Continue reading →

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Build a Community: Ten Lessons From Four Months of Blogging (Part XI)

Posted on Saturday, June 25, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

In my first few months of blogging, over 50% of my traffic came from search engines. That said, I suspect that my other sources of traffic will increase over time. A little over 30% of my traffic was from what I … Continue reading →

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Explaining Falling Crime Rates in a Struggling Economy

Posted on Sunday, June 19, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

In early June, The Economist published an article showing declining U.S. crime rates. The magazine posed an interesting question: Why does crime continue to decline in the United States, even when unemployment is high?

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Generate Unique and Interesting Content: Ten Lessons From Four Months of Blogging (Part X)

Posted on Monday, June 13, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

My previous nine posts focused primarily on how to drive traffic to your site. Once you have been blogging for several months and have built up a small following, the next step is to keep your readers coming back for … Continue reading →

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Use Multiple Media to Engage Your Audience: Ten Lessons From Four Months of Blogging (Part IX)

Posted on Sunday, June 12, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Sometimes viewing nothing but text can get boring. Consequently, you should consider mixing it with other forms of media. The last thing you want is a boring and static blog that readers avoid like cancer.

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Posts Follow Pareto, Not Gaussian, Distribution: Ten Lessons From Four Months of Blogging (Part VIII)

Posted on Thursday, June 9, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Another important blogging insight is that a very small percentage of your posts will generate a disproportionate number of your page views. In other words, the number of page views per post exhibits the characteristics of a power law (sometimes called … Continue reading →

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Are Housing Prices Cheap?

Posted on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Back in 2005, The Economist published a very insightful analysis that examined the ratio of house prices to rent. The Economist concluded at the time that the ratio was out of whack, and that the housing market was, therefore, in … Continue reading →

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