South Korea to Surpass Japan's GDP per Person

South Korea to Surpass Japan's GDP per Person

Although Japan was once the foremost nation in terms of economic growth, the Economist's daily chart suggests that this trend is ch...

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Occupational Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap

Occupational Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap

In addition to the gender wage gap (in which, during 2011, men earned 17.8% more in median weekly earnings than women), occupational se...

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Inmate Population Declines For Third Straight Year

Inmate Population Declines For Third Straight Year

The Bureau of Justice Statistics released a report on the prison inmate population for midyear 2011.  By June 2011, there were 735,601 ...

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Economic Implications of an Aging China

Economic Implications of an Aging China

The Economist recently published an article exploring the economic implications of the declining fertility rate in China. The fertility...

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Plastic Surgery

Plastic Surgery

A recent post on the Economist's Graphic Detail blog discusses the rate of cosmetic plastic surgery in 2010, as reported by the Interna...

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Percentage of African Americans in MLB Drops to Lowest Level Since 1940s

Percentage of African Americans in MLB Drops to Lowest Level Since 1940s

April 15 th marked Jackie Robinson Day in Major League Baseball.  Players across the nation wore number 42 – Robinson’s number – to cel...

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Demographics of Residential Care Facilities Residents

Demographics of Residential Care Facilities Residents

The U.S. Department Of Health and Human Services recently released a data brief detailing the demographics of Americans living in State...

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Internet Economy Expected To Grow Rapidly

Internet Economy Expected To Grow Rapidly

As the world enters the information age, and the Internet continues to assimilate into the everyday lives of billions of people, the ques...

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Buffet Rule Favored by 60% of Americans

Buffet Rule Favored by 60% of Americans

According to a recent poll conducted by Gallup , a majority of Americans favor the Buffet Rule, a measure that would impose that households ...

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Apple Worth as Much as All Public Companies in Spain, Greece, and Portugal

Apple Worth as Much as All Public Companies in Spain, Greece, and Portugal

Bloomberg reports that Apple’s market value stands at $586 billion, which is nearly the same as the total market value of every single ...

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Birth Rates Reach All-Time Low among Teens

Birth Rates Reach All-Time Low among Teens

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that birth rates for U.S. teens have reached all-time lows across age and ethn...

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Global Wellbeing: U.S. Fails to Make Top 10

Global Wellbeing: U.S. Fails to Make Top 10

The U.S. failed to round out the top 10 among countries where residents were "thriving," according to Gallup's Well-Being ...

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Sun Belt Dominates Population Growth

Sun Belt Dominates Population Growth

The Census recently released population estimates , which paint a picture of the new trends in growth across the country.  The fastest g...

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Americans Spend 16% More Than Previous Year

Americans Spend 16% More Than Previous Year

Gallup reports that Americans’ daily spending rose sharply during March.  Based on self-reported data on daily spending at restaurants,...

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Hispanics in America Divided on Identity

Hispanics in America Divided on Identity

On April 4, the Pew Research Center released a survey conducted on Americans with roots in Spanish-speaking countries. The survey explo...

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Unemployment Declines

Unemployment Declines

Dennis Jacobe, Gallup’s chief economist, reports that Gallup’s unadjusted unemployment rate fell to 8.4% in March.  This figure is the l...

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The Importance of Being Rich

The Importance of Being Rich

A recent post on the Economist’s Graphic Detail blog discusses the importance of wealth to Europeans based on the recently released result...

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Americans Continue to Prioritize Economy Over Environmental Protection

Americans Continue to Prioritize Economy Over Environmental Protection

Gallup released a survey in which Americans answered whether they felt the protection of the environment or the growth of the economy s...

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Amnesty International Releases Report on Executions and Death Sentences Around the World

Amnesty International Releases Report on Executions and Death Sentences Around the World

Last week, Amnesty International released its report on death sentences and executions for 2011.  The report finds that China executed ...

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