Could this be the end of the West as we know it? | The Economist
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Could this be the end of the West as we know it? | The Economist
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The 10 largest companies on the 1960 Fortune 500 list via CNN Money:
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The radicalization of college-educated Americans who have begun to live the unpleasant realities of their less privileged compatriots—who can hardly afford rent, much less to buy a house and start a family—is an encouraging turn. They could form part of a broader social movement that finally addresses our deepest problems instead of dissolving them in electronic bile. A professional class that identifies with America’s multitudes of have-nots and votes on that basis would be a powerful force for greater equality and opportunity.
~ George Packer via The Atlantic
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Private equity is now underperforming an S&P 500 index fund over three-month, one-year, three-year, five-year, and 10-year periods. When a buyout firm does score big with one fund, there’s little to no correlation with the performance of its next fund.
~ Oren Cass via The New York Times
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What was America’s population growth over the five decades leading to 1970?
The decade-by-decade population growth of the United States between 1920 and 1970 is as follows:
via Wikipedia
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