…anyway, “new research [is] suggesting that RETIREMENT ITSELF…MAY REDUCE LIFE EXPECTANCY”! Well, we all know Statistics never lie. And that the average reader is well equipped to evaluate claims based…

…disability; and 2. (a) better health care, leading to (b) an increased life span. Here’s the thesis: 60 years ago, men (whose life expectancy from age 20 was only to…

…aesthetics: it is about survival. According to the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI), residents of Bangkok are expected to lose more than two years of life expectancy due to current…

…Most readers will think he is talking about a recovery — when the economy experiences several quarters of sequential growth and surpasses the prior peak before quickly falling into a…

…chart, shows the normal pattern is for gas prices to bottom in the winter, rebound in the spring and peak in the fall. The fall peak is driven largely by…

…trend lines. The vertical axis is truncated relative to graph 2, and the downward slope is therefore emphasized. This makes it easier to see that the 1990 peak is considerably…

…takes a dive, but extractions continue to increase. From 2003 until the crash, they are close to being in lock-step; but from the peak, extractions fall farther and faster leading…

The idea of democracy is to give the people what they want, right? Ezra Klein points us to a great study by Ray LaRaja and Brian Schnaffer examining policy preferences…

…-4.1% from their peak. While negative, this is not a decline that is consistent with a recession. Total permits are off -7.6% from their peak, in March .This isn’t recession…

…from their peak of one month ago. Hires declined and are -3% off their October peak. Total separations rose slightly but remain about -2% off their peak in last July….