Showing posts with label progress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label progress. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

More "unheard of" news

Congrats U.S., your major cities now have economic inequality that rivals that of countries in Africa--according to a new UN study.
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/world08.pdf
The highest wage dispersion occurred in Brazil, China, India, and the U.S.

And--another great landmark--
for the first time in...well I don't know how long, our children are less likely to graduate from High School--that's high school--not college than we were.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jbFCO7woHZSbc0BWZbfr7Cv7nkIgD940FIO83

yep, we certainly are the greatest democracy in the world