Harper’s Index
Portion of income growth since the end of the recession that has gone to corporate profits: 9/10
Percentage of Americans who say news organizations “hurt democracy”: 42
Number of “major threats” the Transportation Security Administration has detected in the decade since its creation: 0
Percentage of U.S. children age two or younger who have an online presence: 92
Amount by which ADHD medications increased between 2006 and 2010: $3,400,000,000
Average number of U.S. veterans who commit suicide each day: 18
Percentage of Americans who believed “our culture is superior to others” in 2002: 60
Who believe this today: 49
Percentage of Americans who believed in anthropogenic global warming in 2001: 75
Today: 44
Amount employees of private-equity firm Bain Capital have donated to the campaign of its co-founder, Mitt Romney: $69,500
To the Obama campaign: $119,900
Amount former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf paid a lobbying firm for access to top U.S. lawmakers: $175,000
Number of U.S. senators he met on a signle day within a month of signing the contract: 6
Chance that a U.S. worker is of normal weight and without a chronic health problem: 1 in 7
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