Cost Benefit Analysis To Do List
Prioritize Your To-Do List By Converting Costs and Benefits To Present Value
You are 14 Times More Likely To Die of Cancer Than From an Opioid Overdose
Less REM Sleep Linked to Dementia
People who develop dementia spend an average of 17 percent of their sleep time in the Rapid Eye Movement (REM) stage, compared with 20 percent for those who did not develop dementia. Researchers found that for every 1% reduction in REM sleep, there was a 9% increase in risk of dementia.
How much does the US spend on the military compared to the rest of the world?
The US accounts for about 37 percent of total global military spending, but only represents 4.4 percent of the world’s population.
How much does the government spend per person?
The entire US Federal Budget alone is $4.4 trillion and the US population is 328,316,410. Dividing the US budget by the US population produces $13,401 in federal spending per American.
How much does the average American pay in Taxes?
US Financial Crisis: Who Killed the Economy?
The cause of the US financial crisis is simple. It’s debt. This is a very simple and graphical evidence-based explanation of what caused the collapse.
Anti-Terrorism Spending 50,000 Times More Than on Any Other Cause of Death
The US spends more than $500 million per victim on anti-terrorism efforts. However, cancer research spending is only $10,000 per victim. Evolutionary psychology may offer an explanation for this irrational threat amplification.
Iran US Foreign Relations: A History of Violence
Many Americans consider Iran to be a psychopathically violent nation that would be willing to commit suicide in order to kill as many Americans as possible. The statistics behind historical Iranian US relations do not support this view.