Good stuff.

 

 

100 Mind-Blowing Facts About the Economy

76. According Dartmouth political scientist Dean Lacy, states that receive more federal government spending than they contribute in tax revenue tend to support Republican candidates, who typically vow to cut spending.

 

Interesting.

92. According to biographer Ron Chernow, John D. Rockefeller's net worth peaked at $900 million in 1913. That equaled 2.3% of the U.S. economy. A comparable net worth today would be $340 billion, or eight times richer than Warren Buffett.

 

WOW

12. China's working-age population is expected to shrink by more than 200 million between now and 2050. The U.S.' is expected to rise by 47 million.

 

How is that possible?

100. According to Bankrate.com, nearly half of Americans don't have enough savings to cover three months expenses. Worth noting: The average duration of unemployment is now 10 months.

1. The unemployment rate for men is 8.4%. For married men, it's 4.9%.

 

 

....aaaaaand go.

92. According to biographer Ron Chernow, John D. Rockefeller's net worth peaked at $900 million in 1913. That equaled 2.3% of the U.S. economy. A comparable net worth today would be $340 billion, or eight times richer than Warren Buffett.

 

WOW

 

Sadly if you ask a lot of people who John D. Rockefeller is/was today you'll probably just get a lot of blank stares.

12. China's working-age population is expected to shrink by more than 200 million between now and 2050. The U.S.' is expected to rise by 47 million.

 

How is that possible?

 

 

Rules about how many girls you can have are going to be part , if not most, of the reason.

Rules about how many girls you can have are going to be part , if not most, of the reason.

 

That's what I was wondering but that still seems like an awfully steep drop off. That rules been in place for a few decades now hasn't it?

1. The unemployment rate for men is 8.4%. For married men, it's 4.9%.

 

 

....aaaaaand go.

 

Stay at home with a nagging wife or find a job, even if it means you're under-employed. Um...B

That's what I was wondering but that still seems like an awfully steep drop off. That rules been in place for a few decades now hasn't it?

 

I want to say that in addition to the "no female" law, there's a limit of 1 child per family. I'll double check that...but I'm pretty sure.

Yep, I'm right. There's a limit of one child.

 

Freed of the social controls imposed during the doctrinaire era of communist rule, Chinese today are free to choose where they live and work and whom they marry. But when it comes to having kids, the state says the majority must stop at one. Hefty fines for violators and rising economic pressures have helped compel most to abide by the limit. Many provinces claim near perfect compliance.

It's impossible to know how many children have been born in violation of the one-child policy, but Zhai Zhenwu, director of Renmin University's School of Sociology and Population in Beijing, estimates that less than one percent of the 16 million babies born each year are "out of plan."

100. According to Bankrate.com, nearly half of Americans don't have enough savings to cover three months expenses.

 

I would have expected that percentage to be well over fifty percent.

76. According Dartmouth political scientist Dean Lacy, states that receive more federal government spending than they contribute in tax revenue tend to support Republican candidates, who typically vow to cut spending.

 

Interesting.

 

Doesn't surprise me in the very least.

I want to say that in addition to the "no female" law, there's a limit of 1 child per family. I'll double check that...but I'm pretty sure.

 

12. China's working-age population is expected to shrink by more than 200 million between now and 2050. The U.S.' is expected to rise by 47 million.

 

How is that possible?

Of course your population is going to shrink if you are only allowed one child, and girl babies are not wanted. Nobody left to give birth to the next generation.