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 →

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 →

Worldwide Inflation Rises

What was academic has now been proven, an uncommon suite of impacts means inflation is up in many countries (39 Continue reading →

Data That Matters September 2021

Whether from a long-term separation between worker productivity and compensation, or due to the pandemic, etc., approximately 40% of US Continue reading →

The Great Resignation

Welcome to the #GreatResignation. The pandemic may have inspired a sweeping change in the way people work. Prior to the Continue reading →

Unaffordable US Housing

The Guardian concisely describes the situation. “Nearly half of American workers do not earn enough to rent a one-bedroom apartment, Continue reading →

Declining Birth Rates

Thought there’d be a baby boom during Covid? Many did. Worried about ever-expanding population growth? Many did. The surprise for Continue reading →

Data That Matters May 2021

Instead of 561,594 people dying from Covid-19 in the US, the total is over 905,000. Worldwide the number of deaths Continue reading →