Truecostblog - truecostblog.com - True Cost - Analyzing our economy, government policy, and society through the lens of cost-benefit
General Information:
Latest News:
Gasoline vs Electric ROI: Tesla Model S 19 May 2013 | 08:09 am
The Tesla Model S saves owners roughly 15k over an 8 year ownership period when compared to similar luxury sedans – this analysis excludes government subsidies. I’ll be taking delivery of a Tesla Mode...
Gun Control And Mass Shootings: Would Lives Be Saved? 9 Jan 2013 | 11:38 pm
An analysis of every US mass shooting over the past 30 years shows that two small policy changes, restricting high-capacity magazines and introducing stringent background checks, might have saved over...
The Simple Arithmetic of High Capacity Gun Magazines 15 Dec 2012 | 08:15 am
In the wake of yet another mass shooting tragedy today, let’s examine the costs and benefits of high capacity gun magazines. I previously examined the cost-benefit of private gun ownership in the US, ...
List of Warmest Years on Record Globally 10 Sep 2012 | 08:06 am
9 of the top 10 hottest years globally have occurred over the past decade, when measured using three different global temperature data sets. The top 20 warmest years have all occurred during the last ...
How Much Will Insurance Cost Under Obamacare? 7 Aug 2012 | 08:48 pm
Health insurance premiums for minimum coverage will likely average around $150/month for 27 year-olds under the ACA, since the ACA does include relatively high-deductible plans under the Bronze plan o...
How High a Budget Deficit Can We Sustain? 16 Jun 2012 | 11:09 am
The US can sustain a budget deficit of 5%, not 3% as commonly assumed, because 2.5% inflation and 2.5% real growth combine to keep the total debt/gdp ratio stable. With both the financial crisis and ...
Explaining the India – China Wealth Gap 4 Apr 2012 | 10:07 am
As of 2011, China had a per-capita GDP (PPP) around $8400 per year while India’s per-capita GDP was $3700. China has routinely exceeded 10% real annual GDP growth over the last two decades, and India...
Why The US Cannot Default on its Debt 4 Mar 2012 | 10:07 am
Over the past several years, I’ve steadily come around to the MMT (Modern Monetary Theory) view of macroeconomics. Some of my past posts make me out to be a deficit hawk; while still true, I now belie...
Countries By Peak Oil Date – 2011 Data Update 22 Jan 2012 | 06:18 pm
In 2009 I wrote a post in which I compiled a comprehensive list of the world’s oil producing nations by peak-oil status, based on BP’s annually-released Statistical Review of World Energy. I’ve update...
US State Economic Rankings 2 Jan 2012 | 06:09 pm
I previously wrote a comparion of California and Texas, in which I noted that Texas was superior in terms of unemployment rate and employment growth, while Californians experience higher per-capita GD...
