Public Employment and Debt in Every State in the Union
Hawaii has the highest ratio of government workers, the second highest government payroll costs per capita, and a fairly high debt-to-GDP of 19%.
David Stockman – ‘Monumental Yield Shock’ Coming
‘We’re in a totally different ballgame’
Map of the Day: Visualizing the Growing Inequality in the EU
The EU is comprised of an increasingly small collection of increasing productive areas surrounded by growing areas of lower than average productivity
US Healthcare Costs Are out of This Universe
The US is spending more then twice as much money per capita on healthcare, while experiencing a shorter life expectancy
Map of the Day: the History of North America
It is easy to forget just how dynamic the geographic history of North America is
There Are Now Barely Two Workers per Senior in Most Developed Economies
The definition of a ‘worker’ includes anyone working as little as one hour a week
Map of the Day: Every Nuclear Explosion in History
The location of every known nuclear bomb explosion in history from the first nuclear explosion, the Trinity test in 1945, until 2015
Jim Chanos: Wall Street Has Benefited from ‘Once-in-Lifetime’ Rate Move
“What Wall Street has benefited from, among many things, is basically a once-in-a-lifetime move in rates from 14% to basically 2%”
Taps Coogan: $1 Trillion Deficit Forecasts Are far too Optimistic
If a recession arrives within the next two years, the federal deficit could easily exceed $2.5 trillion a year
The Illinois Pension Nightmare
Benefits have grown six times more than state revenues