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1. Plato's approximation of pi? « Division by Zero

   divisbyzero.com/2012/06/20/platos-approximation-of-pi/

   2 days ago – Here's what Popper has to say (this is in his notes to Chapter 6 of The Open Society and its Enemies, Vol. 1, pp. ... of this curious fact is that it follows from the fact that the arithmetical mean of the areas of the circumscribed hexagon and the inscribed octagon is a good approximation of the area of the circle.

2. The Open Society and Its Enemies: The spell of Plato - Google Books Result

   books.google.com/books?isbn=0691019681...Karl Raimund Popper, Sir Karl Raimund Popper - 1971 - Medical - 368 pages
   Karl Raimund Popper, Sir Karl Raimund Popper ... triangles r(VI+V3) The rectangle ABCD has an area exceeding that of the circle by less than 1 J ... of the areas of the circumscribed hexagon and the inscribed octagon is a good approximation ...

3. Division by Zero

   divisbyzero.com/

   2 days ago – Here's what Popper has to say (this is in his notes to Chapter 6 of The Open Society and its Enemies, Vol. 1, pp. ... of this curious fact is that it follows from the fact that the arithmetical mean of the areas of the circumscribed hexagon and the inscribed octagon is a good approximation of the area of the circle.

4. Pleiade | About us | A postscript... Logos and other trivia

5. Numbers - Google Books Result

6. Root 2, Root 3, Plato, Archimedes, and Pi - Math Forum Discussions

7. ¡ℜ» Plato's “House”

   losersreview.blogspot.com/2012/04/platos.html

   Apr 13, 2012 – “The rectangle ABCD has an area exceeding that of the circle by less than 1½ pro mille” ... mean of the areas of the circumscribed hexagon and the inscribed octagon is a ... Karl Popper - The Open Society and Its Enemies ...

“Cabbage” Contentions

on top of James Rickards' Currency Wars

Is It Time to Invest in Europe?

(1:01:30)  "...We've reached a point, The Profound Point in Economic History: Where the truth is unpalatable to the political class. And that truth is that the scale and the magnitude of the problem is larger than their ability to respond. And it terrifies them."  -- Hugh Hendry, May Day 2012

h/t Lauren Lyster/Capital Account → Simone Foxman/Business Insider

America has, in fact, run trade deficits large enough t0 wipe out its gold hoard under the old rules of the game. Still, the idea of the gold standard was not to deplete nations of gold, but rather to force them to get their financial house in order long before the gold disappeared. In the absence of a gold standard and the real—time adjustments it causes, the American people seem unaware of how badly U.S. finances have actually deteriorated.

While this example may seem extreme, it is exactly how most of the world monetary system worked until forty years ago. In 1950, the United States had official gold reserves of over 20,000 metric tons. Due to persistent large trade deficits, at the time with Europe and japan rather than China, U.S. gold reserves had dropped to just over 9,000 metric tons when Nixon closed the gold window in 1971. That drop of 11,000 metric tons in the twenty—one years from 1950 to 1971 went mostly to a small number of export powerhouses.
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Physical Graffiti

“Oil Fuel Gold GDP S&P House”

	Series		Oil Fuel Gold GDP S-P House Physical Graffiti	(Scale) Size		Period	ƒ(x)
1	OILPRICE		Spot Oil Price: West Texas Intermediate	5	Solid	M	Chg, $/brl
2	IQ11110		Export (End Use): Fuel oil	3	Solid	M	% Chg fYA
3	U6RATENSA		Total unemployed, plus *	3	Solid	M	Index (scV 100 fcp)‡
4	GVZCLS		CBOE Gold ETF Volatility Index	1	Solid	D, , cl	Chg fYA, %
5	IQ12260		Export (End Use): Nonmonetary gold	3	Solid	M	% Chg fYA
6	GDP		Gross Domestic Product, 1 Decimal	4	Solid	Q	% Chg fYA
7	SP500		S&P 500 Index	1	Solid	D	% Chg fYA
8	USSTHPI		House Price Index for the United States	4	Solid	Q	Index (scV 100 fcp)‡
9	SP500 / OILPRICE		S&P 500 / OILPRICE	3	Dotted	M	Index / ($/brl)
10	MSPNHSUS / OILPRICE		Median Sales Price for New Houses / OILPRICE †	3	Dotted	M	x / 1000

* all marginally attached workers plus total employed part time for economic reasons
‡ (scale value to 100 for chosen period = Recession Trough Nov 1, 2011
† us$1,000

Mish Math i

Shed's (Disability Fraud) Spread

	Series		Mish Math i	(Scale) Size		Period	ƒ(x)
1	LNU00074597		Population with a Disability *	4	Solid	M	Thousands of Persons
2	GDP		Gross Domestic Product, 1 Decimal	2	Solid	Q	% Chg fYA
3	U6RATE		Total unemployed, plus ‡	4	Solid	M	%
4	UNRATENSA		Civilian Unemployment Rate	4	Solid	M	%
5	UNRATENSA * 1.377		Mish-timated Unemp. Rate with 25% Fraud	5	Dotted	M	% * 1.377
6	UNRATENSA * 1.125		Mish-timated Unemp. Rate with 10% Fraud	5	Dashed	M	% * 1.125

* Civilian Noninstitutional, 16 years and over
‡ all marginally attached workers plus total employed part time for economic reasons

DEF CON Artistry

Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo Echo Delta

	Series		DEF CON huh ?	(Scale) Size		Period	ƒ(x)
1	DGI		Federal National Defense Gross Investment	2	Solid	Q	Chg fYA, Bil $
2	DGIC96		Real National Defense Gross Investmen	3	Solid	Q	Bil Chd2005 $
3	FDEFX		National Defense Consumption Expend. & Gross Investment	2	Solid	Q	% Chg fYA
4	FGRECPT		Federal Government Current Receipts	2	Solid	Q	Bil $
5	FGEXPND		Federal Government: Current Expenditures	1	Solid	Q	% Chg fYA
6	GDP		Gross Domestic Product, 1 Decimal	2	Solid	~A	Bil $
7	FYGFD		Gross Federal Debt	2	Solid	A, FY	Bil $
8	DGIC96/FYGFD		(#2 / #7) Defense Gross Investment / Gross Federal Debt	3	Dotted	A	Bil Chd2005 $ ‡
9	FGRECPT/FYGFD		(#4 / #7) Current Receipts / Gross Federal Debt	3	Dashed	A	x * 100
10	FGEXPND/FYGFD		(#5 / #7) Current Expenditures / Gross Federal Debt	3	Dashed	A	x * 100

‡ (*5000)-6

Real GDP per Capita - Axis (Bold) As Allies

“Yeah! Yeah!”

“They're all bold as love”

Moody's Aaa/Baa, Unemployed, GDP, Dow Jones ...

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... Utilities Over Trans., S&P, and “Spiky”

Having only a chimerical clue to what –  if anything – these charts might be saying to a seasoned trader or (un)ideologically compromised economist, it's still easy to vouch for their intriguing nature. The “Spiky” orange line recalls a “Treasury spreads' ratio” for the differences between 30-year and 2-year to 10-year and 2-year bills.

Spiking Ratios

“T Curving
GDP FF DEBT MORTG
30 10 2 1
spiky spreads”

Go play with the unvarnished chart. Cool links under the legend's series column. Cheers!

Some Spreads

T Curving 30 10 7 3 2 1 6mo 3mo 2yr spreads

Curvaceous T's

or “My Lifetime In Federal Paper”

More fun with numbers!

End Use: Metals Fuels Food VIX

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“The Better Legend” is here ↓

Oil FF HOUST Personal-ie Unemployed ...

... GDP Fed DEBT CPI CMDEBT & A Little Bit Of Gold

Three time frames for one collection of data.

You can work with the charts at the FrED with these links: 1946 1985 2004

	Series		Oil Gold FF HS U/E Personal-ie gdp Fdebt cpi cmdebt	(Scale) Size ‡		Period	ƒ(x)
1	OILPRICE		Spot Oil Price: West Texas Intermediate	2	Solid	M	% Chg fYA
2	GVZCLS		CBOE Gold ETF Volatility Index	2	Solid	Bi-W (m)	% Chg fYA
3	FF		Effective Federal Funds Rate	1	Solid	W (w)	%
4	HOUST		New Privately Owned Housing Units Started	1	Solid	M	% Chg fYA
5	UNEMPLOY		Unemployed	1	Solid	M	% Chg fYA
6	DPIC96		Real Disposable Personal Income	2	Solid	Q	% Chg fYA
7	PCEC96		Real Personal Consumption Expenditures	2	Solid	M	% Chg fYA
8	GFDEBTN		Federal Government Debt: Total Public Debt	1	Dotted	Q(eop)	% Chg fYA
9	CPIAUCSL		Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items	2	Solid	M	% Chg fYA
10	CMDEBT		Household Credit Market Debt Outstanding	1	Dashed	Q(eop)	% Chg fYA
11	GDP		Gross Domestic Product, 1 Decimal	2	Solid	Q	% Chg fYA

^‡ Line sizes listed for 1946 chart. Line and marker weights increase through charts for 1985 and 2004.