Poor Getting Poorer Faster

The poor are getting poorer, or are at least having less left over for other bills, because rents are going Continue reading →

Breaking The Internet

Some stories are best covered in simple terms because the next level of complexity immediately jumps to expertise understood by Continue reading →

Corruption Exceeds Foreign Aid

Thanks partly to the Panama Papers, it has now been possible to quantify and compare the impact of corruption in Continue reading →

Panama Papers Expose

Illegal hidden wealth has been revealed. The existence of tax havens is nothing new, and it is generally accepted that Continue reading →

Costs Up Wages Down

The good news is that more Americans have jobs. The bad news is that they aren’t feeling like they’re getting Continue reading →

Billion Year Memory

The computer files you store on thumb drives, DVDs, external hard drives, or tapes aren’t eternal. Digital can be forever Continue reading →

Good March US Jobs Report

With 215,000 new jobs, unemployment at 5%, job participation up to 63% (and note that unemployment + job participation don’t Continue reading →

Data That Matters March 2016

The net worth of the twenty richest dropped from $899B to $827B because of the drop in oil and commodity Continue reading →