In no particular order…1. The unemployment rate for men is 8.4%. For married men, it's 4.9%.2. The unemployment rate for college graduates is 3.9%. For high school dropouts, it's 13%.3. According to The Wall Street Journal, in 2010, "for every 1% decrease in shareholder return, the average CEO was paid 0.02% more."4. According to The New York Times: "From 2001 to 2011, state and local financing per [college] student declined by 24 percent nationally."5. Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index ranks the United States as the 24th least-corrupt country in the world, just behind Qatar and ahead of Uruguay.6. Since the recession began in 2007, the number of Americans receiving disability benefits has risen by 1.6 million, and the number of Americans employed has fallen by 4.8 million.7. China's labor force grew by 145 million from 1990 to 2008. The entire U.S. labor force today is 156 million.
100 Mind-Blowing Facts About the Economy
I did not see any source information for each of the 100 facts. Interesting read though.
100 Mind-Blowing Facts About the Economy
I did not see any source information for each of the 100 facts. Interesting read though.
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