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Income Distribution
A college education currently provides roughly a 10% rate of return, beating the long-term performance of equities.
Majoring in economics can boost a graduate's early-career income by several thousand dollars, at least for those who live in California.
Those that were the best at math didn't even show income satiation — there was no upper limit to how much money could make them happy.
The decline of global poverty is one of the most important achievements in history, but the end of poverty is still very far away.
A divergence in mortality rates between U.S. states suggests that public health policy plays a substantial role in how long people live.