Demographics: Population pyramid for China
From labor rich to labor poor in the near future.
Personal finance: The Myth of IRA retirement accounts
The original IRA turned out to be a bit of scam for today's retiring seniors.
Economy: “50% of US households have less than $60k in assets”
This is true but it might not mean what you think it means.
How to lie: “Only 12% of 30-year-olds are married and own a home”
A pop social media doomerism meme is that only 12% of 30-year-olds are married and own a home. Read why it's a bullshit metric.
Economy: Today’s homes cannot be compared to 1950s-1970s homes
Another comparison of homes from 1970 to today. The differences are huge, making price comparisons useless.
Education, Work: Do students from wealthy backgrounds work part-time?
A chart shows more students "working" or "interning" if they come from wealthy households. But this may be misleading.
Demographics: China’s fertility rate drops to 0.93
Over the longer term, China's population is collapsing from 1.4 billion perhaps to 600 million or lower.
Public library usage has collapsed
My county recently opened new libraries – and one of them is in my city, where the square footage of the original library has been doubled.
Demographics: US probably saw a drop in population in 2025
For the first time in at least 50 years, the US population in 2025 likely dropped.
Innovation: The decline in the incidence of home structure fires
Since the 1970s, the incidence of structure fires has declined by 55%.