Lastest Stories by Michael B. Sauter

Car insurance premiums have risen sharply in recent years, increasing by 33% between 2010 and 2016. And if owners are also paying off a car loan, insurance premiums, which well exceed $1,000 annually...
Car insurance premiums have risen sharply in recent years, increasing by 33% between 2010 and 2016. And if owners are also paying off a car loan, insurance premiums, which well exceed $1,000 annually...
Life expectancy in the United States has fallen for two straight years, the first time this has occurred in more than half a century. The cause of this alarming trend is the sharp rise in opioid...
To succeed in the U.S. economy, companies must constantly adapt to changing conditions. Though some of the nation’s largest corporations — companies such as General Electric, Exxon Mobil, and...
Incomes have been on the rise in the United States for the last several years, but of course income levels are not uniform nationwide. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the typical American...
One-third of all new jobs projected to be added through 2026 will be in the health care sector, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The largest share of those added jobs will be registered...
Since the dawn of humanity, people have dreamed of reaching to the skies. Whether it be manned flight, conquering mountaintops, and building ever-taller skyscrapers, humankind has always worked to...
M-A-U / iStockWhile murder and other kinds of violence make the news every day, the rate of these types of crimes occurring in the U.S. is close to its lowest point in decades. Since America’s...
Health officials, school leaders, politicians and families continue to battle the nation’s obesity epidemic. But thus far, they appear to be losing. The U.S. obesity rate has doubled since the...
While a dollar bill looks and feels the same all over the United States, its value is often very different depending on where it is spent. The prices of housing, food, and services vary considerably...
Income inequality is a growing problem in the United States. Perhaps more evident now than in any time in recent memory, conspicuous consumption is juxtaposed with abject poverty in cities and towns...
China has drastically increased the size and scale of its military over the last decade. It has more than doubled its annual military expenditure in that time, spending $228 billion in 2017. Still,...