Cars Americans Don’t Want to Buy
U.S. auto sales last year were the highest on record, with nearly 17.5 million cars and light trucks sold. Car manufacturers were not the only ones to enjoy the higher sales but dealerships did…
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10 Deadliest Diseases in the World
Disease is responsible for by far the most deaths worldwide. The first eight of the 12 leading causes of death globally are all diseases, and only two of the next four — road injury…
25 Most Stressed-Out Cities
Money is the single largest cause of stress in the United States. Although the economy has been recovering from the Great Recession and aggregate income has been rising, many Americans face increasing debt burdens,…
11 Cities Hit Hardest by Extreme Poverty
Although the economy has largely recovered from the worst effects of the recession, many more Americans live in poverty today than did during the crisis. Perhaps of greater concern is the fact that poverty…
The World’s 15 Top Selling Drugs
Attaining a certain drug can mean the difference between life and death for millions of Americans. These essential products also help generate billions for drug manufacturers. Pharmaceutical companies generate an estimated $300 billion in…
20 Most Polluted Cities in America
More than half of all Americans live in areas that have dangerously high levels of either ozone or particle pollution. The United States has made great strides controlling air pollution since the Clean Air…
12 States Struggling With Mental Illness
Close to 10 million Americans suffer from chronic depression, bipolar disorder, or another serious mental illness. Depression alone is the leading cause of disability worldwide. In the United States, mental illness — including depression…
25 Highest Paying Companies in America
Paychecks in America vary tremendously. On average, U.S. workers earn just under $50,000 a year, which takes into account workers who live off poverty wages as well as those who earn six-figure sums. Companies…
Manufacturers Bringing The Most Jobs Back to America
The loss of American manufacturing jobs to foreign labor has been a central theme of several presidential candidates’ campaigns. However, the trend of offshoring may be slowing, according to one organization. According to non-profit…
9 Most Counterfeited Products in America
More than 24 million containers enter the U.S. each year: 11 million of them arrive by sea, another 10 million by truck, and 3 million arrive by rail. An additional quarter billion cargo, postal,…
The Cost of a Computer the Year You Were Born
Once wildly expensive and inaccessible but to the very rich, computers today are one of the most ubiquitous technologies worldwide. In 1972, the most basic model of an HP 3000 sold for $95,000, the…
America’s 10 Deadliest Diseases
Not including accidental deaths and suicide, the 10 most common causes of death in the United States are diseases. Heart disease and cancer, the two leading causes of death overall in the United States,…
Countries Spending the Most on War
Military spending in the United States totaled $596 billion in 2015, far and away the largest annual military expenditure in the world at nearly three times that of second-place China. While the U.S. military…
Countries With the Fastest Growing (and Shrinking) Militaries
Military spending in the United States totaled $596 billion in 2015, far and away the largest annual military expenditure in the world at nearly three times that of second-place China. While the U.S. military…
18 Worst Product Flops of All Time
Big companies must take big risks and sometimes spend millions of dollars in an attempt to find the next big thing before competitors do. Such attempts, however, are not always successful and in some…