While the traffic congestion problem in NYC, LA and D.C. wastes huge time and money, they do not appear to want to solve it.
The fiscal challenges that Japan's shrinking population has created come from a shrinking birth rate and an aging population.
Precise numbers can become misleading statistics when politicians, journalists and scholars use them for jobs projections and GDP totals.
Shown through grades that are mostly Cs and Ds, state pension problems display unrealistic fiscal policy decisions for an aging population.
A source of jobs and economic growth, the leading manufacturer of American made cars is not a U.S. firm because of globalization.
We can see that the gender pay gap is about so much more than the firm when we look at marriage, children, home responsibilities, and education.
While it is relatively easy to measure how much alcohol consumption varies among countries, identifying a direct economic impact is much tougher.
Whether looking under a buttonwood tree on Wall Street 225 years ago or at a contemporary African nation, we can see why we need new stock markets.
Whereas we know the size of an inch and a mile, standardized dress sizes were developed and then abandoned in the United States.
As a signal from parents, popular baby names can convey a quest for individuality as well as a liberal or conservative message.











