Income & Output
Handguns — a category that includes both pistols and revolvers — have ranked as the best selling firearm in the United States for well over a decade. According to the Bureau of Alcohol,...
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Amid supply chain constraints and soaring demand, ammunition prices soared in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the summer of 2021, some gun store owners reported selling ammunition at prices...
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Generating $27.4 trillion in 2023, the U.S. economy is by far the largest in the world. It is also among the most developed, diversified, and stable. As the preeminent global economic superpower, the...
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The United States spans 3.8 million square miles, and every inch of it is owned by someone. The federal government ranks as the single largest landowner in the country by a wide margin, controlling...
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For a while, it seemed that inflationary pressures may be easing, but recent reports suggest otherwise. Inflation remains stubbornly high, with the consumer price index rising by 3.1% annually in...
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When we are young, we rarely think of retirement, but come a certain point in life and retirement feels like it is fast approaching — welcome or not. How we feel about retirement largely...
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President Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty 60 years ago. Still, poverty remains endemic in the United States. The Department of Health and Human Services set the poverty line at an annual...
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In any given year over the last three decades, anywhere from 31.6 million to 48.8 million Americans were living below the poverty line. Over that period, the annual U.S. poverty rate climbed as high...
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