What Stopped Lithium Production in 2010Around 2010 to 2015, global lithium production plateaued. Demand for the main ingredient in lithium-ion batteries had been steadily growing over the previous five years as the technology became the de facto battery in the growing electric vehicle (EV) market as well as many…
How Inflation Jump Skews Short-Term GDP, Labor, Trade MetricsIn the first quarter of 2022, U.S. productivity dropped as real gross domestic product (GDP) fell for the first time since the beginnings of the pandemic. A May Bloomberg story attributed the drop, the “largest since 1947,” to an increase in labor costs and a growing trade…
2018's Sudden Drop in Cancer IncidenceCancer rates have been in decline for decades, often attributed to changes in habits, new approaches to cancer treatments and early detection. But in 2018, that decline accelerated substantially. Not just rates of cancer diagnosis, but the rate of deaths due to cancer dropped…
