Data That Matters March 2024

Support for authoritarians is near-majority (47%) for lower income but is much lower (27%) for higher income. Income inequality tied Continue reading →

Global And Household Debt Up

Two stories in one. Global debt is up to 336% of GDP. Debt is three times higher than Gross Domestic Continue reading →

Data That Matters August 2020

Earth Overshoot Day was August 24, lengthened by the pandemic by 24 days, but far from the sustainability target of Continue reading →

Pandemic Worsens Global Debt

Check back to a post from February 2020 about the Global Debt Wave. The worry was and is that global Continue reading →

US GDP Contraction 1Q20

No surprise, the US’s Gross Domestic Product rate went negative in the first quarter of 2020, down 4.8%. That’s comparable Continue reading →

Data That Matters April 2020

At the start of April 2020, US unemployment doubled to 6,600,000. In response to the Corona Crisis, about 400,000 users Continue reading →

Data That Matters February 2020

Global debt is now 230% of global GDP. The previous times this happened resulted in financial upsets and recessions. Antarctica Continue reading →

Worrisome Financial Trends

It isn’t one big news story, yet; and it may never be, but… Several stories are combining to worry some Continue reading →