…2007-2008 to just 2.8% in the first three quarters of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008 (the Eurostat data are truncated at Q3 2009). But look at the…

…compiled, it seems likely that the American rate will be higher for the first time since Eurostat began compiling the numbers in 1993…. First, it appears that the safety nets…

Kash detailed the latest good news on U.S. real GDP growth. Eurostat provides a link entitled “Euro-zone and EU25 GDP up by 0.6%” (approximately 2.5% per annum) for the third…

…go very far. So what’s happened to date? Eurostat released its annual detailed report of the labour force in Europe. I dug around a bit and found some interesting stats….

…same conclusion by going straight to employment data: Eurostat This is not exactly a policy triumph. The one sense in which Ireland has made some progress is that it has…

…months earlier. But in Greece, new records continue to be set, with unemployment in June 2013 (most recent month available) hitting 27.9%. By contrast, as Eurostat shows, unemployment has steadily…

…particularly plausible. Obviously I agree with Piketty, but don’t take my word for it. According to Eurostat, the Gini index for income inequality (which runs from to 1, but is…

…them.) 2.Obama’s proposed chained-CPI cut would typically reduce benefits for 3 percent, and by as much as 6 percent for some recipients. 3.The White House’s decision to label this cut…

…also added the final two sentences. The post is a followup to a post from earlier Friday. I’ve also created an additional label: mainstream-journalism gimmickry. I’ve left the original rather…

…and since then, models have proliferated, transforming the name “Smith and Wesson .38” into a generic label for a particular style of gun, even clones that aren’t made by Smith…