Jason William Keith's Blog

Hat Tip to Markell Carter

Jason — Mon, 02 May 2011 03:39:32 +0000

Central Arkansas Line Backer, Markell Carter was drafted by the New England Patriots as the 194th pick of the 2011 draft courtesy of ucasports.com

The Political Genius Weighs in on “The Donald.”

Jason — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 02:04:47 +0000

Karl Rove weighs in the possibility of a Donald Trumpf Presidency. Courtesy of Fox News.

What Storm Troopers Do on a Day Off

Jason — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 17:48:26 +0000

link.

What Type of Finance Pro Are You?

Jason — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 03:09:50 +0000

Take the Quiz.

Courtesy of roseryan.com via CFO magazine.

Obama Says Goodbye to 2010

Jason — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 14:00:22 +0000

From our friends at JibJab.

The $555,000 Student-Loan Burden

Jason — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:40:51 +0000

The Wall Street Journal has a story about a Medical Student who now owes over $555,000 in student loan debt. Michelle Bisutti originally borrowed $250,000 to cover medical school, but her balance quickly ballooned as she deffered loan payments and defaulted during her residency.

While student loan debt of $500K is rare, balances of $100K+ are becoming more and more common.

Greg Mankiw Weighs in on the National Debt, Balanced Budgets, and the VAT

Jason — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:06:46 +0000

A few key points Mankiw makes:

Deficits ARE NOT necessarily bad. It makes sense for governments to borrow in certain instances.
Balanced Budgets are somewhat overrated.
Obama knows that his long-term plan is unsustainable.
The Value-Added Tax is an effective way for the government to collect additional tax revenue

Here is the full article in the NY Times.

The Importance of Signaling

Jason — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:19:34 +0000

Statistics students are aware of the bias that wording has on poll results. Here is an example of such an effect.

Note that majorities in both wordings support the right of gays to serve; the biggest difference is in the “strongly support” number.

Hat Tip to Marginal Revolution.

Never is a Long Time

Jason — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:16:56 +0000

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner stated in a recent ABC interview that the US is in no danger of losing its triple A credit rating despite its growing deficit.

Textbook Prices Got You Down? Try Renting.

Jason — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:33:20 +0000

CengageBrain.com has launched a textbook rental service with over 1,200 titles available. Hat Tip to my favorite economist on this one. And yes, his textbook is also available for rental.