Samuel Stebbins - Author for 24/7 Wall St.
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With a $25.4 trillion gross domestic product, the U.S. economy is the largest in the world by a wide margin. According to the World Bank, GDP per capita in the U.S. totalled $76,330 in 2022 —...
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The number of reported homicides in the U.S. surged by a record-breaking 30% in 2020, topping 20,000 for the first time since 1995. When incidents of deadly violence jump, there is rarely only one...
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The number of reported homicides in the U.S. surged by a record-breaking 30% in 2020, topping 20,000 for the first time since 1995. When incidents of deadly violence jump, there is rarely only one...
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Deadly gun violence — including both suicides and homicides — has been on the rise for years in the United States. Despite the worsening crisis, political gridlock in Washington, D.C. has all but...
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The rise of China has been one of the most consequential macroeconomic trends of the last half century. China’s economy — now the second largest in the world — expanded at an average annual...
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With wealth increasingly concentrated among the highest earners and a steep reduction of well-paying jobs that do not require a degree, the ranks of the American middle class have been eroding for...
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The number of reported homicides in the U.S. surged by a record-breaking 30% in 2020, topping 20,000 for the first time since 1995. When incidents of deadly violence jump, there is rarely only one...
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Consumer demand for firearms — and shotguns in particular — has surged in the U.S. in recent years. According to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, total domestic firearm...
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The number of reported homicides in the U.S. surged by a record-breaking 30% in 2020, topping 20,000 for the first time since 1995. When incidents of deadly violence jump, there is rarely only one...
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In the first two months of the 2024 fiscal year, the U.S. government has already spent $87 billion on defense, more than any other budget category after Social Security. While a large portion of...
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The United States has spent more on defense than every other country in the world each year since at least 1960, the earliest year of available data. According to the Stockholm International Peace...
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The number of reported homicides in the U.S. surged by a record-breaking 30% in 2020, topping 20,000 for the first time since 1995. When incidents of deadly violence jump, there is rarely only one...
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The number of reported homicides in the U.S. surged by a record-breaking 30% in 2020, topping 20,000 for the first time since 1995. When incidents of deadly violence jump, there is rarely only one...
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In the digital age, cyber crime has emerged as a top national security threat. According to the FBI, cyber actors out of China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia have targeted U.S. networks — in both...
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