Data That Matters September 2022

US Life Expectancy Falls Again

It is easy to blame the pandemic, but it isn’t just because of that. In January 1996, US life expectancy Continue reading →

US Upward Immobility

Conventional wisdom, at least in the US: Work hard and get ahead in life. The data says: If you start Continue reading →

Data That Matters June 2022

US inflation reached 8.6% in May 2022, which is high but still below the 14.8% in 1980. Within one year, Continue reading →

Inflation Rises

Inflation is up! That’s the big news in the US. Inflation reached 8.6% in May 2022, dramatically higher than its Continue reading →

Data That Matters May 2022

California reached 99.87% power generation from renewable sources, temporarily. In the US, people under 24 years old were more likely Continue reading →

Cars Are Safer Guns Are Not

For a long time in the US, people under 24 years old were more likely to be killed in car Continue reading →

More Money Means Smarter Kids

A recent study demonstrated that common-sense notion that being richer makes it easier to be smarter, or at least perceived Continue reading →