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Government estimate of the dollar value of the untaxed underground economy: $222,000,000,000
Government estimate of the dollar value of the untaxed underground economy: $222,000,000,000
Percentage of Americans who say that military expenditures are hurting the nation’s economy: 62
Percentage of Americans who say that military expenditures are hurting the nation’s economy: 62
Daniel Yankelovich Group (N.Y.C.)
Percentage who say that the United States should maintain its military strength no matter what it costs: 67
Percentage who say that the United States should maintain its military strength no matter what it costs: 67
Daniel Yankelovich Group (N.Y.C.)
Projected average annual growth rate for the U.S. economy during the 1990s, according to Merrill Lynch: +2.2
Projected average annual growth rate for the U.S. economy during the 1990s, according to Merrill Lynch: +2.2
Donald Straszheim, Merrill Lynch (N.Y.C.)
Average annual growth rate of the U.S. economy during the 1930s: +2.1
Average annual growth rate of the U.S. economy during the 1930s: +2.1
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Projected 1991 growth rate for the Soviet economy: ???14
Projected 1991 growth rate for the Soviet economy: ???14
PlanEcon (Washington)
Percentage of Americans who believe that news coverage of the economy has had a “negative effect” on it: 49
Percentage of Americans who believe that news coverage of the economy has had a “negative effect” on it: 49
U.S. News & World Report poll (Washington)
Average percentage markup on an “economy” casket sold by a US. funeral home: 300
Average percentage markup on an “economy” casket sold by a US. funeral home: 300
Casket Gallery International (Mesquite, Tex.)
Percentage change in the size of Russia’s economy since the country began following the I.M.F.’s advice in 1992: ???25
Percentage change in the size of Russia’s economy since the country began following the I.M.F.’s advice in 1992: ???25
The World Bank (Washington)/I.M.F. (Washington)
Amount Fortune magazine estimates that Michael Jordan NBA career has contributed to the U.S. economy: $10,000,000,000
Amount Fortune magazine estimates that Michael Jordan NBA career has contributed to the U.S. economy: $10,000,000,000
Fortune (N.Y.C.)
Percentage of Americans surveyed in October who chose the word “hopeful” to describe their feelings about the economy: 37
Percentage of Americans surveyed in October who chose the word “hopeful” to describe their feelings about the economy: 37
American Research Group (Manchester, N.H.)
Percentage who chose “angry,” “worried,” or “confused”: 59
Percentage who chose “angry,” “worried,” or “confused”: 59
American Research Group (Manchester, N.H.)
Percentage of California’s economy that is accounted for by agriculture: 7
Percentage of California’s economy that is accounted for by agriculture: 7
Dan Sumner, University of California, Davis
Percentage of the state’s water that is used for agriculture: 43
Percentage of the state’s water that is used for agriculture: 43
California Department of Water Resources (Sacramento)
Amount that insects add to the U.S. economy each year, according to one invertebrate advocacy group: $57,000,000,000
Amount that insects add to the U.S. economy each year, according to one invertebrate advocacy group: $57,000,000,000
The Xerces Society (Portland, Oreg.)
Percentage of this total attributed to insects’ value as a food source for larger animals: 88
Percentage of this total attributed to insects’ value as a food source for larger animals: 88
The Xerces Society (Portland, Oreg.)
Estimated amount that tourism will add to Rwanda’s economy next year: $26,000,000
Estimated amount that tourism will add to Rwanda’s economy next year: $26,000,000
Rwanda Office of Tourism and National Parks (Kigali)
Number of “genocide sites‚” that the country has opened up to visitors: 35
Number of “genocide sites‚” that the country has opened up to visitors: 35
Andrea Dooley, California College of the Arts (San Francisco)
Estimated amount that U.S. adults who grew up poor cost the economy each year through increased crime: $170,000,000,000
Estimated amount that U.S. adults who grew up poor cost the economy each year through increased crime: $170,000,000,000
Center for American Progress (Washington)
Estimated amount they cost the economy through higher health care costs: $160,000,000,000
Estimated amount they cost the economy through higher health care costs: $160,000,000,000
Center for American Progress (Washington)
Percentage of U.S. CEOs who believed this spring that the economy was either “good‚” or “excellent‚”: 84
Percentage of U.S. CEOs who believed this spring that the economy was either “good‚” or “excellent‚”: 84
Opinion Research Corporation (Princeton, N.J.)
Percentage of Americans overall who believed this: 37
Percentage of Americans overall who believed this: 37
Opinion Research Corporation (Princeton, N.J.)
Percentage of Republicans today who say that free trade is bad for the U.S. economy: 59
Percentage of Republicans today who say that free trade is bad for the U.S. economy: 59
NBC-Wall Street Journal Poll (Washington)
Chances that an American believes the economy is in a recession: 3 in 5
Chances that an American believes the economy is in a recession: 3 in 5
Ipsos (Washington)
Projected amount that same-sex weddings will add to California’s economy during the next three years: $684,000,000
Projected amount that same-sex weddings will add to California’s economy during the next three years: $684,000,000
The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law (Los Angeles)
Number of times that speakers at the Republican National Convention said the word “economy‚”: 31
Number of times that speakers at the Republican National Convention said the word “economy‚”: 31
Center for American Progress (Washington)
Number of times they referred to President Bush by name: 1
Number of times they referred to President Bush by name: 1
Center for American Progress (Washington)
