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The U.S. ranks 1st in locking people up 15 Aug 2013 | 10:22 pm
According to the International Centre for Prison Studies, the United States has an estimate 716 prisoners per 100,000 population. That is enough to make the United States rank first out of two hundred...
The U.S. ranks 11th in working hard 18 Jul 2013 | 03:46 pm
According to the OECD, in 2012, the average American worker worked for 1789.9 hours, which is enough to make the United States rank eleventh out of thirty-seven countries ranked in that category. Mexi...
The U.S. ranks 24th in freedom from corruption 4 Jul 2013 | 04:22 pm
According to the Heritage Foundation’s 2013 Index of Economic Freedom, the United States has a “freedom from corruption” score of 71, which makes the United States rank twenty-fourth out of one hundre...
The U.S. ranks 16th in manufacturing compensation costs 14 Jun 2013 | 06:54 pm
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2011 the total hourly compensation costs in American manufacturing was $35.53 per hour, which makes the United States rank sixteenth out of thirty-four ...
The U.S. ranks 9th in retirement security 11 Jun 2013 | 04:19 pm
According to the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index, the United States ranks ninth out of eighteen countries ranked according to financial security in retirement, with a score of 59.0. Denmark rank...
The U.S. ranks 6th in living the good life 29 May 2013 | 03:11 am
According to the OECD “Better Life Index,” the United States ranks sixth in terms of overall quality of life among thirty-six industrialized democracies. The top ten countries are: Australia Sweden Ca...
The U.S. ranks 22nd in deaths by ultraviolet radiation 24 May 2013 | 07:34 pm
According to the World Health Organization, in 2002 the United States had deaths attributable to ultraviolet (UV) radiation at a rate of 2.93 per 100,000 population. That is enough to make the United ...
The Need for Common Frames of Reference 23 May 2013 | 04:02 pm
This is my latest piece for Huffington Post. Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: commentary
The U.S. ranks 15th in perceived press freedom 3 May 2013 | 08:14 pm
According to Gallup, 87% of Americans believe that the United States has a free media. That is enough to make the United States tied for fifteenth with Senegal out of one hundred thirty-three countrie...
The U.S. ranks 1st in wine consumption 1 May 2013 | 05:16 pm
According to the Wine Institute, 12.54% of the wine consumed in the world in 2010 was consumed in the United States. That is enough to make the United States rank first in that category. Five countrie...
