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 →

Popular Posts 2021

Pretending Not To Panic is intended to summarize news that is, significant, factual, based on data, logic, and apolitical for Continue reading →

Data That Matters July 2020

Since data collection began, over half a million people (534,000) have died from Covid-19. The US ’employment-population’ ratio dropped to Continue reading →

US GDP Drops 2Q20

Two of Covid’s main effects on the US: ~150,000 dead, so far; second quarter annualized GDP down 32.9%. That’s the Continue reading →

Data That Matters May 2020

Over 350,000 dead globally (>100,000 in the US) and a record of over 30 million unemployed in the US, and 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 →