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Art's theme and my theme often int...Jazzbumpa,<br /><br />Art's theme and my theme often interact. Sigh.<br /><br />The failure of exponential trends is clearly very interesting to me.<br /><br />1. It's pure. Few can debate that an exponential trend hasn't failed when it clearly has.<br /><br />2. The failure of exponential trends go hand in hand with the "it is different this time" theme. We are continually told that "it is different this time" is a dangerous mindset to have when is investing. In sharp contrast, I am embracing it. I really do think it is different this time. There have been a staggering number of long-term exponential trend failures in recent years. It is very unlikely (if not impossible) that we will ever return to the previous trends.<br /><br />I have certainly seen my charts used in ways that make no sense to me. The most recent one was <a href="http://illusionofprosperity.blogspot.com/2012/09/406-million-missing-jobs.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> exponential trend failure that began in 2000. I've seen it used to show how bad Obama is doing.<br /><br />Correct me if I am wrong, but I am fairly confident that Obama wasn't elected in 2000. If we were to use political arguments to place blame here (and I'm not suggesting we should), then it would be 66.7% republican and 33.3% democrat.<br /><br />I'm also fairly confident that Obama can't create 40.6 million jobs when there are only 12.5 million unemployed. He's not a miracle worker.<br /><br /><i>It's done either out of ignorance, which can be corrected with some education; or dishonesty, which needs to be exposed and vilified.</i><br /><br />I think your "or" deserves to be an "and/or". Sigh.Stagflationary Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-53091803306342774402012-09-09T11:45:14.518-04:002012-09-09T11:45:14.518-04:00Mark -
Art has a consistent theme - the private d...Mark -<br /><br />Art has a consistent theme - the private debt overhand that is a drag on our economy.<br /><br />You have a consistent them - the failure of exponential trends.<br /><br />I'm more ad hoc, I guess, but one of my interests is to skewer nonsense that comes from the right wing - and I never run out of material.<br /><br />Re: abuse - my father told me about 50 years ago the figures don't lie, but liars sure know how to figure.<br /><br />There is nothing inherently wrong with using a ratio to illustrate a valid point. There is everything wrong with trying to make a point about a ratio as if it were a point about the numerator alone.<br /><br />Sadly, I see this a lot. It's done either out of ignorance, which can be corrected with some education; or dishonesty, which needs to be exposed and vilified.<br /><br />You raise a number of valid issues in your post, but it's not clear to me how they relate to my topic.<br /><br />Cheers!<br />JzB Jazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-61585302519359658732012-09-08T11:05:52.595-04:002012-09-08T11:05:52.595-04:00Here's my opinion for what it is worth.
There...Here's my opinion for what it is worth.<br /><br />There's nothing inherently wrong with using ratios to make a point.<br /><br />ALL statistics can be abused. Ratios are no exception.<br /><br />The current spending to GDP ratio is horrible and most likely cannot be permanently maintained. I don't blame one particular political party over the other for it though. I'm much more likely to blame <a href="http://illusionofprosperity.blogspot.com/2012/03/5-charts-i-shared-with-my-tax-preparer.html" rel="nofollow">this</a>.Stagflationary Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-48288898478229869542012-09-07T19:54:32.830-04:002012-09-07T19:54:32.830-04:00Art -
Thanks.
Yeah, somebody suggested I should ...Art -<br /><br />Thanks.<br /><br />Yeah, somebody suggested I should do that numbering thang.<br /><br />I occasionally feel the need to beat the denominator drum. Maybe I should be more on the lookout for opportunities.<br /><br />Cheers!<br />JzBJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-3621999004205318932012-09-07T18:07:44.272-04:002012-09-07T18:07:44.272-04:00Look at you, numbering those graphs!
Good post.
...Look at you, numbering those graphs!<br /><br />Good post.<br /><br />I suppose the "devil denominator" thing has to be said over and over, as ratios are often misused to prove things that are not true.<br />The Arthurianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16501331051089400601noreply@blogger.com