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John Jumper is from Arkansas. I give them credit for that!

It could be im misreading the table but the 2022 data show California 4th graders with higher math and reading scores than their...

eh...this is a rather trivial point to make so i will respond in kind...the post immediately before mine (#6887) injected Arkansas into...

Yes. But I don't think Silicon Valley has anything to worry about from Arkansas or any red or purple state. Its rivals are London...

Median will not be affected by distributional changes. My preferred metric would be median household income adjusted for prices.

Yes adjusted for prices...median or average...chose your weapon err metric

per capita income

Some of Singapore's strongest period of growth had nothing to do with China. Before China opened up. About 10 years before.

It sure does. By any measure the standard living for the average person has never been higher. Not that everything is perfect. But...

Mississippi is to be commended for dramatically improving their 4th grade reading test scores. It is a good thang when a state...

Gotta look at latitude too. Ecuador is on eastern time but not next to the United States. Quito is closer to Washington than Singapore...

It's not just a theory. There's a big empirical literature on tax incidence.

1. Folks speak English in Arkansas...kinda 2. Red states pursue low tax strategies So neither of the above fits in as part of the...

Singapore is right on the equator. Hot and humid year round. It is about culture and opportunity. Not climate. In a very impressive...

Maybe they should be more like Texas and Oklahoma