If you look at the US states by income level and mortality rates, you find a reasonably strong negative correlation: that is, states with higher income tend to have lower mortality.
Everyone knows that lots of people have ended up working from home, either part-time or full-time, since the start of the pandemic.
What is the worst thing a government can do when there is high inflation and supply shortages?
As the US population ages, the number of people with dementia keeps rising. It’s a problem from hell and a huge social challenge.
A vivid illustration of America’s supply chain woes are the photographs of container ships lined up outside the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, waiting to unload.
One of the complaints fairly levelled against President Donald Trump was that, in a pure numerical sense and setting policy disagreements aside, his administration did a poor job of appointments.
Spending on food is divided into two main categories in the government statistics: “food at home” and “food away from home.” Unsurprisingly, the pandemic caused “food at home” to rise and “food away from home” to fall.