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| | | | | The size of the U.S. national debt is getting a lot of attention lately, and for good reason. Deficit spending through the COVID pandemic was enormous, pushing the total outstanding debt to a staggering $31 Trillion, with a T. A better way to measure the size of the debt is as a percentage of our... | |
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| | | | | Defense spending by the United States accounted for nearly 40 percent of military expenditures by countries around the world in 2023. | |
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| | | | | With their selection of Keith Hall to direct the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the incoming chairs of the House and Senate Budget Committees, Dr. Tom Price and Senator Mike Enzi, have passed an unusually rigorous test. Their choice should be expected to not only well serve lawmakers, but also reflect well upon Congress, in the [...] | |
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| | | Through the Interesting Esoterica postings on Mathstodon I learned of this neat post. Joseph O'Rourke published this year Pop-Up Geometry: The Mathematics Behind Pop-Up Cards. I haven't got the book (yet), but O'Rourke has a page with animated GIFs showing how basic shapes work. The animations, even without narrative, are eye-opening, revealing how to make... | ||