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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Applications are “carefully reviewed” by a legal team to determine eligibility for debt cancellation, yep! What does continuous growing Student Loan Debt look like today? Federal Student Loan Portfolio by Age. The chart below only shows the last 4 years by Quarter. President Joe Biden has been attempting to grant relief to students. This is […] The post Navient Student-loan Borrowers Cancellation Special . . . appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Not an article by The Economist. Indeed, an article reporting on The Economist piece as written by La Vanguardia. A positive take on The Economist article. As reported, Spain achieved the best economic results of any nation with the exception of GDP per capita over the last year. Not everyone is in agreement. But all […] The post Spain as the best economy in the world for 2024 appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]One of David Zetland’s students who posts to his Blog The one-handed economist. Each year Prof. Zetland allows some of his students to write on various topics and he posts their words on his site. You can either comment here on AB or post to David Zealand’s site. The link is above. Pleease be polite. […] The post Solutions for a salty future appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The numbers of school bus drivers decreased by 12.5% from 2019 till 2024. Low pay has been much of the factor in driving the shortage. School bus driver earned 43% less than the median weekly wage for all workers. The shortage is a result of more than a decade of disinvestment in these workers and […] The post Plight of School Bus Drivers appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Joel C. Eissenberg and Michael D. Eissenberg Institute for Thanksgiving Weekend’s Intriguing Standardized Tests (ITWIST) Evergreen, Colorado 80439 Abstract Ultraviolet (UV) light is a form of ionizing radiation prevalent on earth during daylight hours. UV light exposure in humans is a risk factor for skin cancer and cataracts. Accordingly, there has been considerable interest in […] The post Knocking Back The UV  appeared first on Angry...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]As taken from Grist . . . The producer of Netflix’s “Buy Now!” says companies should be accountable for the trash they generate. Flora Bagenal, is a Producer / Director and Executive Producer based in Oxford, England. She produced Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy, which has just dropped on Netflix. Who’s responsible for waste? A […] The post Christmas, A Time for Consumption and Waste appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]There are a huge number of anomalies and biases which can be understood as confusing the claims that the probability of p conditional on q is high if the conditional probability of q conditional on p is high.  One is diagnostic expectations – the conditional probability that a person has red hair if the person […] The post Direction of Implication of high probability appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]While no plans have been announced by Donald Trump or Linda McMahon, a few existing programs are likely to undergo changes. What Will Federal Student Loan Repayment Look Like Under the Second Trump Administration? – By Steven Chung on November 27, 2024 at 12:16 PM Above the Law With President-Elect Trump returning to the White House in […] The post Federal Student Loan Repayment Under the Second Trump Administration appeared first...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]– Israel Agrees to Cease-Fire With Lebanon’s Hezbollah—But What About Gaza?, Common Dreams. After months of slaughtering those not responsible, then you ask for a truce? “A cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah appeared to be within reach on Monday amid reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeatedly scuttled diplomatic efforts in recent months. – The Global […] The post...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]I am going to write a series of posts on Kahneman, Twersky, and their many many followers They will be posted on the principle that something is better than nothing. “Citation needed” would often appear on Wikipedia as I will cite as “I vaguely recall reading somewhere.” Also the reverse chronologicical order will create problems […] The post Some Thoughts on Psychology of Heuristics and Biases appeared first on Angry Bear.