Debt Grows For Americans

This is about the debt of Americans, not America’s debt – though the two are remarkably similar. On average, Americans Continue reading →

Bots Rule Stock Market

Automated trading was blamed for the stock market crash in 1987. That was back when stocks were usually traded between Continue reading →

US Jobs Report January 2018

The good news “Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 200,000 in January, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1 Continue reading →

Data That Matters January 2018

In 2017, 11,737 Americans died from guns fired by Americans. Since 1995, Gig-style jobs have grown from 9.1% of the Continue reading →

American Savings Sink

“In December, the personal savings rate dropped to 2.4 percent, its lowest level since 2005.” – Slate Americans don’t save, Continue reading →

Staying Home Saves Energy

It sounds obvious, in retrospect. In the last hundred years, American transportation has changed from horses to cars to staying Continue reading →

Face Technologies

Two seemingly disparate articles touch on the value of our faces and technology’s ability to use them. Facial recognition is Continue reading →

Wealth Inequality Versus Poverty

Oxfam released its new report (pdf) on wealth and poverty. Their report is extensive, but here’s a synopsis of their Continue reading →