Category Archives: Economic Trends

According to Pew Americans plan to spend $906 on gifts, the most since 2007 Middle- and lower-income households fueling the rise Record-low percentage plan to spend less than last year More specifically, 34% of Americans plan to spend at least $1,000 … Continue reading →

“AIRLINES use all sorts of clever tricks to make more money from passengers. They charge extra for bags, for food and for selecting where you sit. Now they are embracing another strategy: packing more seats onto each plane. Last month … Continue reading →

Pew reports that the share of the U.S. poor population in severe poverty reached its highest point in at least 20 years.  

According to a Pew study “The high school dropout rate among U.S. Hispanics has fallen to a new low, extending a decades-long decline, according to recently released data from the Census Bureau. The reduction has come alongside a long-term increase in Hispanic college … Continue reading →

Last year 25m people around the world were in some type of involuntary servitude according to the The Economist.  “Around a sixth of the people experiencing such mistreatment today are forced to work by the state, primarily in prisons or the … Continue reading →

Pew published a study showing that “the U.S. Asian population grew 72% between 2000 and 2015 (from 11.9 million to 20.4 million), the fastest growth rate of any major racial by comparison, the population of the second-fastest growing group, Hispanics, … Continue reading →

According to Gallup, many people in the world hate their job and especially their boss. What the whole world wants is a good job, and we are failing to deliver it — particularly to millennials. This means human development is failing, … Continue reading →