1. Chart of the Day I (above). Based on data recently released by the BLS (here and here), the chart above shows the top ten most dangerous US jobs (based on the fatal injury rate per 100,000 workers) and the percent of male workers in those occupations. Compared to the average fatality rate for all workers of 3.3 fatalities per 100,000 workers, the ten occupations above are about 5.5 times (construction) to 33 times more dangerous (logging) than average. Except for “farmers and ranchers” at 76.2% male, men represent more than 90% of the workers in all of the other 9 most dangerous occupations. Probably safe to say that the feminists and gender activists will make an exception for demanding perfect gender equality when it comes to workplace fatalities?
2. Venn Diagram of the Day (above). Are gender differences in average outcomes important or not?
3. Map of the Day (above). Find Out Which Names Were Given To The Most Babies In Your State Last Year, via Huffington Post.
4. Quotation of the Day, is from Thomas Sowell’s, writing in today’s IBD “Pope Wrongly Blames Capitalism For Ills Of Poor“:
Any serious look at the history of human beings over the millennia shows that the species began in poverty. It is not poverty, but prosperity, that needs explaining. Poverty is automatic, but prosperity requires many things…
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A scholar specializing in the study of Latin America said that the official poverty level in the U.S. is the upper middle class in Mexico. The much criticized market economy of the U.S. has done far more for the poor than the ideology of the left.
Pope Francis’ own native Argentina was once among the leading economies of the world, before it was ruined by the kind of ideological notions he is now promoting around the world.
5. Podcast of the Day. There is only one country in the world where it’s legal sell a kidney — Iran. In this EconTalk podcast, Tina Rosenberg of The New York Times talks with host Russ Roberts about the Iranian kidney market–how it works, its strengths and weaknesses, and whether its lessons apply to the United States or elsewhere.
6. Cartoon of the Day (above). Thanks to government interventions and distortions, we’ve got socialism on the installment plan.
7. 3-D Printing (or maybe in the tradition of Don Boudreaux’s series of post titled “Cleaned by Capitalism” this could be part of a new series of posts titled “Saved by Capitalism”). Young Girl Breathes Easier with Help from 3D Printed Trachea.
8. Quotation of the Day II, from Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez writing about preparations for the Pope’s visit there today:
Havana preens for the arrival of Pope Francis. The facades along the streets are touched up where the Bishop of Rome will pass by and popular humor has derisively re-baptized the path “The Sacred Way.”
They have not been able to camouflage the people, however, with optimism. The strokes of the painters, rushing to meet their schedule, don’t cover the skin or the worries. From early in the morning, Habaneros go out with their bags hanging from their shoulders looking for food. “Not even the pope coming has put something in the shops,” complains a woman on the corner of Manrique and Salud.
Francis isn’t going to pass by the empty refrigerators in the stores, so the touch up doesn’t include pretending that there is food, or disguising the shortages. Thus we are saved from the cartons of chicken thighs and the powdered milk extended with sand! There are no cosmetics to cover up the economic downtown we are experiencing. The market stands and shelves remain indoors, far from all the pomp of the papal entourage. Our Sacred Way is hollow, purely a stage set, with the crudest props, the least believable.
9. Expect More of This, a Lot More: Ernst & Young Removes College Degree Requirement from Entry Criteria Because There’s ‘No Evidence’ That a University Degree Equals Success. Instead, the company will use online assessments to judge the potential of applicants.
10. There’s Hope for America. A town in Iowa just voted to lower the minimum wage.
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