Posts Tagged ‘usa’

Made in U.S.A.

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Let the reconceptualizing begin

From a new Ad Age white paper, with projections on the 2010 Census: “The concept of an ‘average American’ is gone, probably forever,” demographics expert Peter Francese writes in 2010 America, a new Ad Age white paper. “The average American has been replaced by a complex, multidimensional society that defies simplistic labeling.” The message to [...]

OECD report on health care in the US

Came across a recent report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.  Here are some interesting snippets (for reference, here is a list of the member countries of the OECD). Total health spending accounted for 16.0% [$2.2 trillion] of GDP [est. $13.84 - 14.11 trillion] in the United States in 2007, by far the [...]