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Top 12 most viewed 2015 Carpe Diem posts

Based on a Google Analytics analysis of the AEI website, these were the top 12 most viewed CD posts published in 2015:

1. Posted April 21: 18 spectacularly wrong apocalyptic predictions made around the time of the first Earth Day in 1970, expect more this year  Page Views: 123,104

2. Posted April 2: The public thinks the average company makes a 36% profit margin, which is about 5X too high Pageviews: 84,469

3. Posted August 9: Minimum wage effect? January to June job losses for Seattle area restaurants (-1,300) largest since Great Recession Pageviews: 62,663

4. Posted January 4: Acceptance rates at US medical schools in 2014 reveal ongoing discrimination against Asian-Americans and whites Pageviews: 56,473

5. Posted July 6: Who-d a-thunk it? SF minimum wage increased 14% and local Chipotles just raised prices by 10-14%?  Pageviews: 38,086

6. Posted March 31: Why do progressives hate Walmart for low prices and its 3% profit margin but love high-priced Apple and its 24% profit margin? Pageviews: 36,160

7. Posted December 4: Chart of the day: More guns, less gun violence between 1993 and 2013 Pageviews: 25,313

8. Posted September 9: Is there really a ‘war on cops’? The data show that 2015 will likely be one of the safest years in history for police Pageviews: 20,156

9. Posted June 10: Putting the ridiculously large $18 trillion US economy into perspective by comparing state GDPs to entire countries Pageviews: 17,024

10. Posted April 10: As Tax Day approaches, let’s thank top 20% for shouldering 84% of the income tax burden with only 51% of US income Pageviews: 14,626

11. Posted July 26: The new era of the $400 college textbook, which is part of the unsustainable higher education bubble Pageviews: 13,050

12. Posted July 13: Chart of the greatest and most remarkable achievement in human history, thanks to free market capitalism Pageviews: 12,429



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