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Where Did Greece's Deficit Come From?
The general story behind the Greek financial crisis around 2008-2010 is that the country had secretly been hiding its debt. When this hidden debt was revealed, the country was effectively bankrupt and immediately needed a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Feb 3
The Disappearance And Potential Return of Debt During the Pandemic
One positive aspect of the pandemic is that bankruptcies, foreclosures, and debt largely receded as the economy came to a standstill. Besides the government spending and Covid-era foreclosure protections as part of the CARES Act, more was being saved and less debt accumulated.
Feb 1
Sudden Decline in Maternal Mortality During Pandemic Related to Assault, Accidents
The maternal mortality rate is regularly considered a black eye for the American health care system. The number of deaths of mothers surrounding labor is distinctly high for a developed nation like the U.S. Internationally, it ranks near less developed second-world countries like…
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Almost All Deaths Declined Pre-Pandemic
A prior Investigative Economics article highlighted how deaths from heart disease had been in decline before the COVID-19 pandemic only to shoot up in 2020. But that trend existed across most major causes of deaths, not just heart disease according to multiple cause of death data…
Jan 27
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Hunter Biden-Affiliated Metabiota and Its Non-Existent Failure on Ebola
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FTX Tokenized Gamestop, AMC Stock On The Day Of Their Short Squeeze
Large Discrepancy In Salary Reporting by Universities
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Foreign Contributions to Universities Dominated by a Few Countries
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Where Does the GDP Go? Impoverished U.S. States Rank Higher Than Major Countries
West Virginia is one of the poorest states in the nation. Yet the mountaineer state has a gross domestic product (GDP) per capita that rivals major…
Jan 24
Cervical Cancer Deaths Increased Since Vaccine Approval, Then Disappeared During Pandemic
In a recent paper highlighted by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) highlighted the decline in detected cervical cancer in women, specifically…
Jan 19
Sudden Increase in Heart-Related Mortality Came After Prior Year Decreases
Following the sudden cardiac arrest of Lisa Marie Presley and Buffalo Bills football player Damar Hamlin, new attention is being paid to potential heart…
Jan 17
In D.C., More Speeding Camera Tickets Means More People Faking Their License Plates
In a recent hearing on Washington, DC’s Booting and Impoundment Reform Amendment Act of 2022, the city government decided to abandon a Fake Temporary…
Jan 13
JFK Files: Edwin Walker Was a Member of SESPA
The recently released tranche of documents on the John F. Kennedy assassination are not supposed to hold any key revelations about Lee Harvey Oswald’s…
Jan 6
"Inflated" Employment Estimates Were Actually The Best Estimates On Record
A Philadelphia Federal Reserve report in December detailed how the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey had…
Jan 5
Twitter Financials Collapsed As Activist Investor Got Involved
According to a November Wall Street Journal story, Twitter has been hit with a series of financial struggles under the new ownership by Elon Musk. The…
Jan 2
Episode 6: Bitcoin Forex, Inflation, and Regulation
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Large Discrepancy In Salary Reporting by Universities
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Foreign Contributions to Universities Dominated by a Few Countries
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