Why does the rate of new-business formation has fallen for a couple decades in a row?

Why does the rate of new-business formation has fallen for a couple decades in a row?
Because innovation output is largely free or nearly free.

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

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

45.5% of low-income, recent high-school graduates were enrolled in college in 2013, compared with 55.9% in 2008.

How to feed the hysteria?

How to feed the hysteria?


With alarms.

What is the average net profit margin of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in the S&P 1500?

What is the average net profit margin of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in the S&P 1500?

 

16% and 7% for all companies in the index.

What is the biggest scarcity in the human being?

What is the biggest scarcity in the human being?

Willingness and discipline

How much money does it cost to build a gas station if the builder is the Pentagon ?

How much money does it cost to build a  gas station if the builder is the Pentagon ? 
$43 million acording the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.

Why technological growth doesn't need basic scientific research?

Why technological growth doesn't need basic scientific research?

Because it happens spontaneously though the interaction of many ordinary people.