Rachel Reaves is demonstrating her sublime grasp of arithmetic and its application to economics. A fine choice as Chancellor in Westminster.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/feb/03/student-loans-martin-lewis-rachel-reeves-graduates

#StudentLoans #England #Wales #Innumeracy #Reaves #Labour #OutOfHerDepth

The Atlantic takes a broader view of college freshman innumeracy that was highlighted by the recent UC San Diego report (gift link):

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/math-decline-ucsd/684973/?gift=TCdGb93Qc4nVepj3DCKKPilRnGS9IWYvbGNWuKRhVSs&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

#Education #Innumeracy

If you have $1,000, pay $1.

If you have $1,000,000. pay $1,000.

If you have $1,000,000,000, pay $1,000,000.

It isn't hard to count zeroes, people.

Big numbers aren't scary.

Your lack of understanding them, is. 😱

#innumeracy

I, for one, am looking forward to the mad income I will soon be receiving from big pharma! #Innumeracy, FTW!

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2025/08/02/trump-says-he-will-get-drug-prices-down-by-1500/

Journalistic innumeracy or conscious spinning?

1. A Lancet study estimates the death toll by traumatic injuries in Gaza at 170% the official numbers.

2. The Guardian titles… "40% higher", and then jumps, before reaching a third of the article, to the reaction of some Israeli official.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)02678-3/fulltext

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/10/gaza-death-toll-40-higher-than-official-number-lancet-study-finds

#Gaza #TheGuardian #TheLancet #Innumeracy #Hasbara

Someone should have used Julia with Unitful.jl

https://www.futilitycloset.com/2024/12/04/summing-up-4/

#innumeracy #julialang #government