Friday, November 27, 2015

What percentage of high-school grads are enrolled in two- or four-year college programs?

What percentage of high-school grads  are enrolled in two- or four-year college programs?

Just under 66% of recent high-school grads were enrolled in two- or four-year college programs in 2013, down from 68.6% in 2008, according to research by the American Council on Education, a higher-education industry group.

Thursday, November 26, 2015

How to create loyalty that last a lifetime?

How to create loyalty that last a lifetime?

Giving a young person an opportunity

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

What percentage of Americans don't have landline phones?

What percentage of Americans don't have landline phones?
 

About 40% of Americans have no landline phones, up from about 2% in 2003, according to the 2014 federal National Health Interview Study.

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

How to operate under a set of assumptions?

How to operate under a set of assumptions?
Believing that instability can be contained.
Believing that the core order will not be affected.
Believing that  your own interest will not be threatened.

Monday, November 23, 2015

How much does the average federal employee earn?

How much does the average federal employee earn?

$84,153 in 2014—roughly 50% more than the average worker in the private economy. When you include benefits like health care and pensions, the average federal worker’s compensation rises to $119,934—nearly 80% higher than everyone else.

Sunday, November 22, 2015

When a cost-benefit calculation was wrong?

When a cost-benefit calculation was wrong?
When the interests and the stakes involved are now higher than originally anticipated.

Saturday, November 21, 2015

What percentage of the population age 16 and over is employed in jobs that involve primarily routine task?

What percentage of the population age 16 and over is employed in jobs that involve primarily routine task?

26% in January 2014.
It was 34% in January 2008 according the economists Henry Siu and Nir Jaimovich.