Topic: U.S. Census Bureau

Numerology: Origins of Father's Day

After years of fathers being a punch line or an afterthought, modern dads are reinventing fatherhood with $2,000 strollers, stay-at-home-dad meet-ups, and personal blogs. On the 100th anniversary of the first Father's Day celebration, a look at the numbers.READ»

U.S. Markets: A Week of Inexplicable Events

This snapshot of the market and the economy shows that things are far from normal, or what we once considered normal. The calculus that propelled investing over the last 30 years has dissolved. The new formula is being being created and tested in real time. The stock market and investing is currently unreal - it’s devolved awhile ago into, or, if you prefer, transformed itself into a momentum investing affair in an unraveling world.READ»

Infographic of the Day: U.S. Census Turns to Peer Pressure Tactics

The U.S. Census Bureau is publishing return rates by zip code. Can peer pressure really be a strong motivator to action?READ»

Infographic of the Day: What the Census Said About Us...in 1870

As these stunning charts reveal, we were a young country and our government was just a shadow of its present form.READ»

Re-Defining New Families: Segments, Stats, Brands, Facts

Look out Leave-It-To-Beaver, there is a new wave of pet acupuncturists, homeless college grads and extended roommates changing the traditional family dynamic. This New Family rationalizes treating their pets better than...READ»

How Many Kinds of Work Are There?

We humans love to classify things. Show us a diverse collection of objects or concepts--be they animals, cloud formations, rocks, literary works, beers, shoes, or personalities--and we’ll devise a taxonomy to classify them. This is ...READ»

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DHS Releases 2008 Estimates of U.S.

Stewart Rabinowitz, of the Dallas-based law firm Rabinowitz & Rabinowitz, offers informed commentary about the estimates of the 2008 U.S. legal permanent resident population. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently ...READ»

Uncommon Indicator: Super Bowl Ad Spending

There has been a bit of hand wringing of late over the fact that 30-second television spots during this year's Super Bowl broadcast on Feb. 7 on CBS are going for only around $2.75 million. Last year, see, during Super Bowl XLIII, ...READ»

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File Under: Machines, Rise of the

We all know that the past ten years were largely about the digital revolution but what exactly does that look like? (The short answer: massive innovation.)READ»

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Early Identification of Risks to the Global Agricultural Supply Chain

In April 1998, a Foresight workshop was convened which focused on seasonal weather forecasting as a tool for better understanding the risks to the global agricultural supply chain. This event was represented by attendees from ...READ»

Google-Apple Go Tete-a-Tete in Pursuit of Hyper-Local Maps

Google has abandoned its U.S. map-data provider, Tele-Atlas, in order to begin making its own maps. Earlier this month, Apple traveled a similar avenue, buying a small maps competitor called Placebase. Is all this movement towards ...READ»

Infographic of the Day: Job Voyager

An interactive chart tracks trends in the U.S. labor force since 1850.READ»

Get Bullish With Google's New Investing Weapon

Google has created a service that tracks Americans' search queries as compared to market growth--and it works. The project, called Google Domestic Trends, is an outgrowth of the company's lead economist's research into whether Google ...READ»

Back to the Garden

IN August 1969, Bethel, N.Y., was a once-in-a-lifetime weekend getaway for some 400,000 people who swarmed Max Yasgur’s 600-acre farm for the Woodstock Music & Art Fair to hear rock acts like the Who, Jimi Hendrix and Country ...READ»

Downsizing the American Dream Home

After years of hypergrowth in housing size, the average U.S. home is now getting smaller. Will Americans learn to love the post-McMansion residence? READ»

More on the Stimulus Plan

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has been in effect long enough for news to come out about some of the specifics it contains. I’m especially interested in these specifics because when I put together a book about ...READ»

It’s Like I’m in the Movie Cocoon

True Story: A family member called me up and explained that he was already tired of his job, only after two months, because there were only three people under the age of 25 on his team. He said everyone else was ...READ»

Data Dump

The number of people paid to produce data keeps going up (we think). So why is it so hard to find numbers that actually mean anything?READ»

Colours in Motion: Innovation and Moving Forward

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are nearly 50 million people currently living with disabilities in the United States. See the data here. Considering the size of the country’s disabled community, the lack of media ...READ»

Relationships for the Self-Employed

Working as a small business owner, consultant or freelancer doesn't mean working alone. Get an expert's tips on how soloists can connect. READ»

What Can We Learn from Network Marketing?

Network marketing, or multi-level marketing, is one of the fastest-growing business models of the past few decades. Between 1993 and 2003, total direct selling revenues grew by 7.1% annually, dramatically above the rate of growth of ...READ»

What Can We Learn from Network Marketing?

Network marketing, or multi-level marketing, is one of the fastest-growing business models of the past few decades. Between 1993 and 2003, total direct selling revenues grew by 7.1% annually, dramatically above the rate of growth of ...READ»

Things Aren't Always as They Seem

 If you were going to teach a lesson about U.S. trade, a good place to start is to ask the question, “What do you believe is true about U.S. trade with other countries?”  Write down what everyone says or a least the key ...READ»

Dunkin' Donuts -- Reinventing America's Cup of Coffee

Already the number one seller of coffee by the cup, Dunkin' Donuts plans to add thousands of stores around the country over the next decade. How did the fast-food giant go from making doughnuts to taking on Starbucks?READ»