You can of course argue with the Edelman numbers[1] for any given jurisdiction. For example, I am skeptical about their stats for Nigeria and Kenya.However, their numbers do track both (a) the GDP figures[2] and (b) the visible improvement on the ground in places like Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, India, and China.In general, the big picture is that the former first world is now mostly the descending world. While much of the former third world is now the ascending world. There are some exceptions, but that’s the ...

President Trump’s firing of the top Bureau of Labor Statistics official is rattling Wall Street’s reliance on government data, as some fear a decline in the world-leading economic statistics underpinning U.S. markets https://t.co/5z4QP2x63I ...

Trump’s firing of the top Bureau of Labor Statistics official is rattling Wall Street’s reliance on data, as some fear a decline in the world-leading economic statistics underpinning U.S. markets https://t.co/dSzlPMWMFt ...

For all its impressive economic statistics, says @keds_economist, Texas doesn’t generate sufficient income or security for its residents (via @opinion) https://t.co/MSTYWAOPrn ...