Although Japan was once the foremost nation in terms of economic growth, the Economist's daily chart suggests that this trend is ch...
In addition to the gender wage gap (in which, during 2011, men earned 17.8% more in median weekly earnings than women), occupational se...
The Bureau of Justice Statistics released a report on the prison inmate population for midyear 2011. By June 2011, there were 735,601 ...
The Economist recently published an article exploring the economic implications of the declining fertility rate in China. The fertility...
A recent post on the Economist's Graphic Detail blog discusses the rate of cosmetic plastic surgery in 2010, as reported by the Interna...
April 15 th marked Jackie Robinson Day in Major League Baseball. Players across the nation wore number 42 – Robinson’s number – to cel...
The U.S. Department Of Health and Human Services recently released a data brief detailing the demographics of Americans living in State...
As the world enters the information age, and the Internet continues to assimilate into the everyday lives of billions of people, the ques...
According to a recent poll conducted by Gallup , a majority of Americans favor the Buffet Rule, a measure that would impose that households ...
Bloomberg reports that Apple’s market value stands at $586 billion, which is nearly the same as the total market value of every single ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that birth rates for U.S. teens have reached all-time lows across age and ethn...
The U.S. failed to round out the top 10 among countries where residents were "thriving," according to Gallup's Well-Being ...
The Census recently released population estimates , which paint a picture of the new trends in growth across the country. The fastest g...
Gallup reports that Americans’ daily spending rose sharply during March. Based on self-reported data on daily spending at restaurants,...
On April 4, the Pew Research Center released a survey conducted on Americans with roots in Spanish-speaking countries. The survey explo...
Dennis Jacobe, Gallup’s chief economist, reports that Gallup’s unadjusted unemployment rate fell to 8.4% in March. This figure is the l...
A recent post on the Economist’s Graphic Detail blog discusses the importance of wealth to Europeans based on the recently released result...
Gallup released a survey in which Americans answered whether they felt the protection of the environment or the growth of the economy s...
Last week, Amnesty International released its report on death sentences and executions for 2011. The report finds that China executed ...
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