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Georgia, D.C. Rank Last in Clearing Criminal Court Cases
Criminal court clearance rates—the rate at which a court clears cases from their docket—took a dive in 2020 as the pandemic shut down court systems across the country. The average rate went from somewhere between 95 and 100 percent to 87 according to numbers collected by the…
Jun 14
Podcast Episode 2: All Things Coronavirus
Listen now (63 min) | Stories covered in this episode:
May 26
Did NYC Police Complaints Disappear or Not
At the outset of the pandemic, complaints to the New York City Police Department collected by the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB)—the independent organization tasked with managing NYC police department misconduct—disappeared. But as the city has come back, those complaints…
Jun 22
Average Housing Expenditures Doubled In the Early Eighties
Between 1980 and 1985, the average household spending on housing—mortgage or rent with utilities included—doubled based on Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) survey data. Spending on housing generally increases each year with inflation, and over the last 40 years housing…
May 23
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2018's Sudden Drop in Cancer Incidence
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Dispute of Oil Contract in Congolese Park Presaged Human Rights Accusations
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Major Pharmacy Chains Account for a Third of Opioid Distributions
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Hunter Biden-Affiliated Metabiota and Its Non-Existent Failure on Ebola
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How Inflation Jump Skews Short-Term GDP, Labor, Trade Metrics
In 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…
May 11
Podcast: The Renewable Industry Bankruptcies of 2011
Listen now (17 min) | The first episode of the Investigative Economics podcast covers our recent stories on the high-profile bankruptcies in the…
Apr 27
What Stopped Lithium Production in 2010
Around 2010 to 2015, global lithium production plateaued. Demand for the main ingredient in lithium-ion batteries had been steadily growing over the…
Apr 19
2018's Sudden Drop in Cancer Incidence
Cancer rates have been in decline for decades, often attributed to changes in habits, new approaches to cancer treatments and early detection. But in…
Apr 14
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Hunter Biden-Affiliated Metabiota and Its Non-Existent Failure on Ebola
Metabiota is a San Francisco-based health startup known for tracking epidemics. It's currently gotten some attention because it received funding…
Apr 1
Few Mail Theft Arrests Despite Widespread Anecdotal Accounts
A previous version of this story was published only for a subset of subscribers. An updated version is being published for all subscribers. Since 2005…
Mar 30
Government Still Buying Lenovo Laptops Despite Foreign Ownership, Prior Security Issues
Not long after IBM sold its Thinkpad laptop division to a Chinese company in 2004, the State Department issued a ban on the laptops from being on the…
Mar 19
Ukrainian Debt, Military Spending, and Energy
Ukraine has been in deep debt for some time now from spending on natural gas contracts, natural gas infrastructure, the steep buildup of its military…
Mar 7
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Large Discrepancy In Salary Reporting by Universities
3
Foreign Contributions to Universities Dominated by a Few Countries
2
2018's Sudden Drop in Cancer Incidence
2
Dispute of Oil Contract in Congolese Park Presaged Human Rights Accusations
2
Major Pharmacy Chains Account for a Third of Opioid Distributions
2
Hunter Biden-Affiliated Metabiota and Its Non-Existent Failure on Ebola
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