Category Archives: Dubious statistics

Trump Support Negative Even Among White Working Class; Approval of His Agenda at Only 27%

Trump’s approval ratings continue to slide, even before polls register the effect of the ICE executions. But does that mater to him any more?

Population Growth Slows to Crawl, Net Migration May Turn “Negative”: Census Bureau’s New Population Estimates

Population stagnation or even shrinkage has major implications for prospects for housing, employment, and consumer spending.

More Evidence of Destructive Deflation in China

China’s deflation crunch is getting worse.

The Great AI Displacement: Fracturing Tomorrow’s Labor Market

An industry participant debunks a paper predicting that the labor market effect of AI will be so bright that we will all have to wear shades.

Satyajit Das: President Trump’s Spat With the Federal Reserve Is Not About Central Bank Independence

A look at the overly-large, internally conflicted role of the Federal Reserve and Trump’s dodgy aims in trying to bring it under his control.

Climate Engineering Would Alter the Oceans, Reshaping Marine Life – Our New Study Examines Each Method’s Risks

Sadly, climate engineering, aka geo-engineering, is coming. Is it possible to properly assess risks and choose least-hazardous approaches?

Greenland Is the Crown Jewel of “Fortress America”

More on Trump’s plans to annex Greenland.

Why Politicians Won’t Fix Affordability

Why affordability crisis is a symptom of predatory neoliberal practices. Concentrated wealth looks set to keep this new norm in place.

Even the Wall Street Journal Doubts the Trump Seize-Venezuela-Oil Scheme

Despite Trump’s loud proclamations, his fevered Venezuela oil heist dreams are set to go nowhere. So what happens then?

Today’s Doctored CPI Inflation Release Is Like a Bad Joke, but Very Serious

Unpacking the data crime in the new inflation report: a bizarre fall in housing costs, aka Owners Equivalent of Rent, which is 26% of CPI.

AI’s Errors May Be Impossible to Eliminate – What That Means for Its Use in Health Care

Even with concerns about using AI in medicine, proponents contend doctors can properly oversee its use. Is that realistic?

U.S. Seizes Oil Tanker Off Venezuelan Coast

Some updates on the US capture of an oil tanker that had just departed from Venezuela.

The U.S. Is Betting the Economy on ‘Scaling’ AI: Where Is the Intelligence When One Needs It?

A detailed discussion of how AI data-center investment boom is soking a societally and financially costly bubble

Steve Keen Warns Crash of 2026 Will Be Worse Than 2008

Steve Keen was one of the few economists to predict the 2008 crisis. His call for a 2026 crash looks all too credible.

How Wage Increases Became the Fed’s Red Line

How the Fed’s use of wages as a key inflation measure started as a war on labor and continues to operate that way.