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GLOBAL FUTURE WATCH INDICATORS
MASTER INDEX - COMPUTER LIST
GOVERNMENT ACTIONS IN RED
SUBTITLES
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INDEX
I.
THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS
THE
HUMAN POPULATION EXPLOSION
THE
EXTERMINATION OF NON-HUMAN SPECIES
CHEMICALS AND HUMAN LIFE
BIO-INVASIONS
AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT DISEASES
DEFORESTATION: DESTROYING THE LUNGS
OF THE PLANET
DEVASTATION
OF THE WORLD'S FISHERIES
GROWING DAMAGE TO THE
WORLD'S CORAL REEFS
AIR
POLLUTION - OUTDOOR
AIR
POLLUTION - INDOOR
WATER
POLLUTION
GLOBAL WATER SHORTAGES
WATER SHORTAGES AND WORLD FOOD SUPPLIES
MUNICIPAL WASTE AND
RECYCLING
FRAGILITY
OF WORLD FOOD SUPPLIES
DAMAGE TO WORLD'S SOILS
ARTIFICIAL
STRUCTURE OF THE "GREEN REVOLUTION"
WORLD ENERGY SITUATION
U.S.
DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL AT RECORD HIGH AND RISING
DEPENDENCE ON CARS AT RECORD HIGH
U.S.
GOVERNMENT ACTIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
II. GLOBAL ECONOMIC STRUGGLE
WORLD
ECONOMIC HISTORY AND THE SHIFTING BALANCE OF WORLD ECONOMIC POWER
THE DECLINE
OF AMERICA'S ECONOMIC POSITION
U.S.
GOVERNMENT ACTIONS
TAXATION
AND PUBLIC WORKS POLICIES
III.
THE AMERICAN MODEL - SOCIAL INDICATORS
POVERTY
AND WAGES
RATES
OF CRIME AND VIOLENCE (AS COMPARED TO OTHER NATIONS)
FAMILY
INSTABILITY AND SEX CRIMES
PRIVATE CHARITIES
TIME AND CONTRIBUTIONS
PROBLEMS IN U.S. RELIGION
U.S.
GOVERNMENT ACTIONS
SPENDING ON SOCIAL PROGRAMS
THE
MISINVESTMENT IN EDUCATION
THE
MISINVESTMENT IN HEALTH CARE
IV.
WORLD POVERTY AND HUMAN SUFFERING
THE
GROWING NUMBERS
OF THE WORLD'S POOR
GLOBAL INEQUALITY HITS ASTRONOMICAL LEVELS
U.S.
GOVERNMENT ACTIONS
LOWEST COMMITMENT OF AID TO THE POOR OF ANY MODERN STATE AS A % GNP
V.
GLOBAL CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS TRENDS
THE
EXPANDING GLOBAL MEDIA
THE RISE OF THE INTERNET
THE URBANIZATION OF
THE PLANET
THE GROWING
INSTABILITY OF WORLD RELIGIONS
VI.
U.S. MILITARY POLICIES
VII. IMPORTANCE OF STATE POWER
GOVERNMENT SIZE STATISTICS
BRITAIN FRANCE IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY AN ECONOMIC HISTORY LESSON
SIGNS OF HOPE
VIII.
STRAWS IN THE WINDS OF HISTORY - WARNINGS OF THINGS TO COME
I.
THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS:
THREATS TO THE BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF LIFE
THE
HUMAN POPULATION EXPLOSION
WORLD POPULATION 1950-1995 -
WORLDPOP
WORLD POPULATION ADDITIONS
PER YEAR - POP-ADDITIONS
THE GROWING LEGIONS OF THE
DESPERATE
1950-2025 - POP-DEV W
WORLD
POPULATION TRENDS
: KEY AREAS OF THE WORLD 1750-2000 - POPAREAS
KEY NATIONS 1995-2025 - POP-2025
THE
EXTERMINATION OF NON-HUMAN SPECIES
THE GREATEST HOLOCAUST IN HISTORY - EXTINCT%2020
THE GLOBAL
HOLOCAUST - EXTINCT-TIMELINE
THE DESTRUCTION OF
CALIFORNIA'S WETLANDS - 1800-1900 - WL WETLANDS CA
ECOLOGICAL DISASTER IN INDONESIA - WL-SWAMPS-INDONESIA
THE DESTABILIZATION OF
THE GLOBAL ECOLOGY:
CHEMICALS AND HUMAN LIFE
WORLD CHEMICAL PRODUCTION -
1946-1985 - CHEMICAL
TESTING THE HUMAN MALE SPERM COUNT- SPERM
THE
DESTABILIZATION OF THE GLOBAL ECOLOGY:
BIO-INVASIONS AND
ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT DISEASES
THE RISE OF BIO
INVASIONS
- 1900-1995 - BIO-INVASIONS
THE RISE OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT DISEASES - 1979-1995 - ANTI-BIOTIC-RESISTANCE
DEFORESTATION: THE
DESTRUCTION OF THE LUNGS OF THE PLANET
DESTRUCTION
OF THE WORLD’S RAIN FORESTS - RAIN-DESTROYED W
IMPORTANCE OF RAIN
FORESTS TO BIODIVERSITY - RAIN-BIODIVERSITY
LOCATION OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST RAIN FORESTS - RAIN-LOCATIONS
LOCATION OF THE WORLD’S
LARGEST FORESTS - FOREST LIST
THE HUMAN IMPACT ON THE WORLD'S FORESTS - FOREST-LIST VIP
DESTRUCTION OF 95% OF AMERICA
’S ORIGINAL FORESTS -
A-FOREST-2
SEVERE
LEVELS OF DEFORESTATION IN SOME NATIONS NEAR SAHARA DESERT
- FORESTS-ARID
W
DEPENDENCE
ON WOOD FOR ENERGY IN SOME THIRD WORLD NATIONS - FUELWOOD
W
CRISIS
IN THE WORLD'S OCEANS: DEVASTATION
OF THE WORLD'S FISHERIES
THE
DECLINE OF THE WORLD’S TOP FISH CATCHES SINCE 1970 - FISH-TOP7
W
EXTERMINATION OF LARGE FISH IN THE WORLD'S OCEANS - SEAHOLOCAUST
THE DECLINE OF MAJOR FISH
CATCHES FROM PEAK YEARS - FISH DECLINES
HUGE DECLINE OF AMERICA ’S
EAST COAST
FISHING INDUSTRY - FISH-US
WORLD FISH CONSUMPTION RISES
TO RECORD LEVELS - FISH-TOTAL
RISING FISH CONSUMPTION PER
CAPITA - FISH-PERCAPITA
WORLD'S TOP FISHING NATIONS -
FISH-CATCH-LIST
DEPENDENCE ON FISH FOR
PROTEIN FOR SOME KEY NATIONS - FISH %DIET
DESTROYING
THE RAINFORESTS OF THE OCEANS:
GROWING DAMAGE TO THE WORLD'S
CORAL REEFS
GRIM OUTLOOK FOR WORLD'S
CORAL REEFS 1995-2025 - CORAL-FUTURE
DESTRUCTION AND DAMAGE TO THE
WORLD’S CORAL REEFS - CORAL
IMPORTANCE OF CORAL REEFS TO BIODIVERSITY - CORAL-LIFE
LOCATION OF WORLD’S LARGEST
CORAL REEFS - CORAL-LOCATION
POISON
IN THE AIR: OUTDOOR AIR
POLLUTION
CARBON EMISSIONS HIT RECORDS
1950-1996 - EM-CARBON
CARBON LEVELS IN THE
ATMOSPHERE - CARBON-ATMOS
SULFUR-DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
1950-1994 - EM-SULFUR
NITROUS-OXIDE EMISSIONS
1950-1994 - EM-NITROGEN
WORLD COAL USE 1950-1994
- COAL
KEY GREENHOUSE GASES -
GREENHOUSE-GASES
LARGEST GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ( AMERICA
IS NUMBER ONE) - GREENHSE
UNHEALTHY AIR IN WORLD CITIES
- AIRPOL-CITIES
SUSPENDED PARTICULATES LEVELS
IN MAJOR CITIES - PARTIC-CITIES-LIST
SULFUR DIOXIDE LEVELS IN
MAJOR CITIES - SULFUR-CITIES-LIST
DESTRUCTION OF EUROPEAN
FORESTS BY ACID RAIN- FORESTS-ACID RAIN
RISING LEVELS OF RADIATION
DUE TO AIR POLLUTION - AIR-RADIATION
POISON
IN THE AIR: INDOOR AIR
POLLUTION
INDOOR AIR - CARBON DIOXIDE
AND HUMIDITY - IAQ-HUMIDITY-A
INDOOR
AIR - CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL POISONS - IAQ CHEM-BIO
AMERICANS
SPEND 90% OF TIME BREATHING INDOOR AIR - AIR W
POISON
IN THE WATER: WATER
POLLUTION
LACK
OF TREATMENT OF URBAN SEWAGE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD-SEWAGE W
COST OF DIRTY WATER- WP- COST
MUNICIPAL WASTE COLLECTION IN
THE THIRD WORLD - M-WASTE
SANITATION
CRISIS IN THE THIRD WORLD - SANITATION W
DEEPENING WATER POLLUTION
CRISIS IN THIRD WORLD CITIES - WP-CITIES
WATER POLLUTION IN INDIA
AND CHINA
- WP-INDIA & CHINA
WATER POLLUTION IN THE FORMER
SOVIET UNION -
.WP-USSR.
WATER POLLUTION IN THE U.S.A. -
WP-USA
HUGE ROLE OF U.S.
AGRICULTURE IN WATER
POLLUTION - WP-US-AGRIC-POLLUTION
CAUSES OF OCEAN WATER
POLLUTION - OCEANS
MUNICIPAL
WASTE AND RECYCLING
AMERICA :
NUMBER ONE IN GENERATION OF MUNICIPAL WASTE - GARBAGE
PERCENTAGE OF GLASS RECYCLED
- GLASS
PERCENTAGE OF PAPER RECYCLED
- PAPER
GLOBAL
WATER SHORTAGES
WORLD WATER USE RISES TO
RECORD LEVELS - W-W-CONSUMPTION.
WATER USE BY SECTOR –
W-%USE- TOTAL
WATER USE BY SECTOR –
THIRD WORLD AND DEVELOPED WORLD - W%USE-AREAS
WATER USE PER CAPITA - WATUSE
DECLINING
WATER RESOURCES IN KEY NATIONS - W-W-LIST-DECLINE W
DECLINE OF THE WATER TABLE
UNDER BEIJING -
W-L-BEIJING
DECLINE OF THE WATER TABLE
UNDER U.S. GREAT
PLAINS -
WL-GREATPLAINS
DEATH OF KEY RIVERS 1900-1995
- RIVERS-FLOW
DEATH OF YELLOW
RIVER
- RIVER-YELLOW
WATER SHORTAGES AND WORLD FOOD SUPPLIES
IMPORTANCE OF IRRIGATION TO WORLD GRAIN SUPPLIES- IRRIG-FOOD
HUGE RISE IN CHINESE
IRRIGATION USE - IRRIGCHINA
THE DEPENDENCE ON IRRIGATION
OF KEY NATIONS - IRRIG-LIST
SALINIZATION - A SEVERE
FUTURE PROBLEM FOR IRRIGATION - STALINIZATION
FRAGILITY
OF WORLD FOOD SUPPLIES
THE DECLINE OF TOTAL
ARABLE
LAND
PER CAPITA - ARABLLND
DECLINING RATES OF
PRODUCTIVITY IN U.S. AGRICULTURE
- GRAIN-YIELD-GROWTH
RISING WORLD GRAIN IMPORTS - GRAINIMPORTS
RISING BEEF PRODUCTION -
MEAT-P
THE HIGH COST OF BEEF
PRODUCTION IN GRAIN - MEAT%GRAIN
RISING MEAT CONSUMPTION PER
CAPITA - MEATPERCAPITA
DAMAGE
TO WORLD'S SOIL
DAMAGE
TO THE WORLD'S SOIL - SOILDAMAGELIST W
DAMAGE TO WORLD'S SOIL IN KEY
AREAS - SOIL-DAMAGE-WORLD
SOURCES OF SOIL DAMAGE -
SOIL-DAMAGE-CAUSES
PROBLEMS OF LAND EROSION
AROUND THE WORLD - DESERTS-DAMAGE
LOSING WATER AND TOPSOIL -
U.S. AGRICULTURAL
PROBLEMS - US-AGRIC.
ARTIFICIAL
STRUCTURE OF THE "GREEN REVOLUTION"
DEPENDENCE
ON CHEMICALS AND "DESIGNER GENE" CROPS
DEPENDENCE OF INDIA
ON NEW CROPS --CROP-BIOD-INDIA
COLLAPSE
OF BIODIVERSITY IN U.S. AGRICULTURE
- CROP-US-BIO
WORLD FERTILIZER USE -
FERT-TOTAL
HUGE RISE IN INDIAN AND
CHINESE FERTILIZER USE - F-I&C
GLOBAL PESTICIDE SALES -GLOBALPESTICIDE.XLS
RISE OF PESTICIDE RESISTANT
SPECIES – PEST
WORLD
ENERGY SITUATION
SOURCES
OF WORLD COMMERCIAL ENERGY PRODUCTION - ENERGY-P W
WORLD'S LARGEST OIL
RESERVES - OIL-RESERVES
WORLD'S LARGEST GAS RESERVES
- GAS-RESERVES
RISING THIRD WORLD DEMAND FOR
WORLD OIL 1995-2025 - WRLD-OIL-FUTURE- 2015
OPEC’S GROWING POWER IN
WORLD OIL MARKETS 1995-2025 - OPEC
WORLD OIL MARKET- 1995-2015|
ENERGY EFFICIENCY LEVELS -
EN-EFFIC
AMERICAN DEPENDENCE
ON FOREIGN OIL AT RECORD HIGH AND RISING
IMPORTS
AS A % OF CONSUMPTION 1940-2025 -US OIL-IMPORTS-% W
U.S. PETROLEUM PRODUCTION AND IMPORTS- 1940- 1993
THE COLLAPSE OF AMERICAN
ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENCY 1940-1995 - US-OIL-IMPORTS
AMERICA
’S RISING DEPENDENCE ON OIL
IMPORTS 1995-2015 - US-OIL-2015
U.S.
CRUDE OIL PRICES 1880-1995
OIL-PRICES
U.S.
GASOLINE PRICES 1920- 1995
GAS-PRICES
AMERICA'S
DEEPLY TROUBLED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM:
DEPENDENCE ON CARS AT RECORD HIGH
AMERICA’S HEAVY USE OF
ENERGY FOR TRANSPORTATION - US-TRANS
GASOLINE USE PER CAPITA -
GAS-PER-CAPITA
ROAD TO RAIL RATIO - ROADRAIL
AMERICA'S
GROWING DEPENDENCE ON CARS - TRANSPORTATION
MASS TRANSIT AS A % OF GNP
1950-1990 - MASS-TRANS
RIDERSHIP OF URBAN MASS
TRANSIT 1900-1990 - U.S.TRANS
GROWTH OF THE WORLD AUTO
FLEET (PROJECTIONS) - AUTOFLEET
REAL FINANCIAL COSTS OF USE
OF AUTOMOBILES - CARS-COST
GRIM CONSEQUENCES OF CARS:
CARBON MONOXIDE GENERATION - CARS-C-MONO
U.S.
GOVERNMENT ACTIONS
A HUGE
DECLINE IN BUDGET COMMITMENTS SINCE 1980
CONTINUING SUBSIDIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
DESTRUCTION
HUGE
REDUCTIONS IN EPA BUDGET SINCE 1980 - EPA-%-BUDGET W
AMERICA’S LOW LEVEL OF SPENDING ON ENVIRONMENT - ENVGNP
COLLAPSE
OF U.S. FUNDING FOR SOLAR POWER - SOLAR W
DECLINE OF U.S. FUNDING
FOR INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING - US-POP-$ (EXCEL)
THE
COST OF WATER IN THE
FEDERAL IRRIGATION PROJECTS- US $ IRRIGATION
COLLAPSE OF U.S.
FUNDING FOR FAMILY PLANNING
AT HOME -TITLEX
THE COLLAPSE OF EPA'S COMMITMENT TO INDOOR AIR RESEARCH- 1993-1998
EPA'S
TINY COMMITMENT TO INDOOR AIR SAFETY - EPA-IA-R
TESTING THE
TOP 3,000 CHEMICALS USED IN AMERICA - CHEM-TEST-99
U.S.
GOVERNMENT ACTIONS
THE SUCCESS OF
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
SUCCESS
OF GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS – REGULATION-E
PUBLIC
SUPPORT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
HIGH LEVELS OF PUBLIC SUPPORT
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS - PUB-OPINION
II.
GLOBAL
ECONOMIC STRUGGLE
WORLD ECONOMIC HISTORY
WORLD
ECONOMIC HISTORY–WORLD-E-HISTORY.XLS W
THE WORLD’S LARGEST
ECONOMIES 1995 –W-LIST1995
WORLD’S
LARGEST ECONOMIES 1939 - W-LIST-1939
SHIFTING BALANCE OF WORLD ECONOMIC POWER- POWER 1940
SHIFTING BALANCE OF WORLD ECONOMIC POWER- POWER 1995
THE GROWING GAP BETWEEN THE RICH AND THE POOR - GNPPERCAPRICHPOOR- 1800- 2000
INVESTMENT - INV-1885-1913
DISTRIBUTION OF WORLD'S INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION 1850- INDUSTRY- 1910
NATIONAL INCOME –ECON1860-1913
COMPARATIVE TARIFF LEVELS OF MAJOR WORLD POWERS 1820-1913 - TARIFFS
AMERICA'S
LOSING POSITION IN WORLD TRADE
U.S.
INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT POSITION –USPOSITIONINT.XLS
U.S TRADE DEFICIT -TRADEDEFICIT.XLS
WORLD’S LARGEST FINANCIAL
RESERVES - FINANCIALRESERVES.XLS
GLOBAL LABOR COSTS - LABOR
AMERICA’S LOW LEVEL OF
SAVINGS - SAVINGS-LIST
AMERICA’S DECLINING LEVEL
OF SAVINGS - SAVINGS
CONSUMPTION RATES - CONSUMPTION- GNP
TOTAL US DEBT AS A PERCENT OF
GNP - USDEBT-GNP
JAPAN VS. USA- J-US
U.S. AND JAPAN- TECHNOLOGY EXPORTS AS A PERCENT OF IMPORTS- J-US-TECH-TRADE
JAPAN VS.
AMERICA :
JAPANESE INDUSTRY IS NOW LARGER THAN U.S. INDUSTRY
- JAP-%US
TOTAL NON-DEFENSE EXPENDITURES ON RESEARCH- NONDEF
U.S.
GOVERNMENT ACTIONS
TAXATION
AND PUBLIC WORKS POLICIES
TOP TAX RATES - TAXRATE
CAPITAL GAINS TAX RATES
- TAX-CAPGAINS
GASOLINE TAXES - GAS TAX
NET PUBLIC SECTOR INVESTMENT
ON NON DEFENSE PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - NETPUB-LIST
TOTAL PUBLIC WORKS SPENDING -
PUBWRKS
FISCAL PROBLEMS OF U.S.
GOVERNMENT
U.S.
BUDGET PROJECTIONS- 2004-2010
FEDERAL DEBT MATURITIES - THE
DEPENDENCE ON SHORT TERM DEBT -USDEBT
III.
THE AMERICAN MODEL
POVERTY
AND WAGES
AMERICA’S HUGE
LEVELS OF CHILD POVERTY - CHILPOV-LIST
DECLINE OF INCOMES OF YOUNGER
FAMILIES - WAGE-US
DECLINE OF U.S. WAGES -
USWAGE
DECLINE OF RETAIL WAGES -
WAGE-RETAIL
HUGE RISE IN BLACK TEENAGE
UNEMPLOYMENT - TEEN-LABOR
DECLINE OF ELDERLY POVERTY
AND RISE OF CHILD POVERTY - POVERTY-G
U.S.
EXECUTIVES GET HIGHEST PAY IN
WORLD - CEOSAL-$
HUGE INCREASE IN GAP BETWEEN
U.S. CEOS
AND AVERAGE AMERICANS - CEOSAL-RATIOS
RATES
OF CRIME AND VIOLENCE (AS COMPARED TO OTHER NATIONS)
AMERICA
IS
NUMBER ONE IN DEVELOPED WORLD AND MORE DANGEROUS
THAN MOST THIRD WORLD NATIONS - MURDER
MURDER RATES -
AMERICAN RATES RISE WHILE GERMAN AND
JAPANESE RATES DROP -MURDER-US-GERMANY
ONE THIRD OF YOUNG
BLACK MEN IN LEGAL TROUBLE - BLACK-MALES
FAMILY INSTABILITY AND SEX CRIMES
RAPE RATES: AMERICA
IS
NUMBER ONE IN DEVELOPED WORLD - RAPE
TEEN PREGNANCY - TPREG
DIVORCE - DIVORCE
SINGLE PARENTHOOD IN
DEVELOPED NATIONS - SINGLE-PARENT
US
CHILD ABUSE HITS
RECORD LEVELS – CHILD-ABUSE
HUGE LEVELS OF GENITAL
HERPES IN AMERICA -HERPES
PRIVATE CHARITIES TIME AND
CONTRIBUTIONS
HUGE RISE IN % OF WOMEN IN
THE WORK FORCE - WOMEN
THE
LACK OF VACATION DAYS FOR AMERICAN WORKERS - PAIDVAC
CHARITABLE
CONTRIBUTIONS ARE BELOW WHERE THEY WERE IN 1955 - CHARITY
PROBLEMS IN
U.S. RELIGION
FAILURE OF U.S.
RELIGION
- RELIGION NEAR ALL-TIME HIGH WHILE MORALITY COLLAPSES - US-R-HIST
AMERICA
: NUMBER ONE POSITION
IN EVANGELISM SHOWS FEW MORAL RESULTS - EVANG-LIST
GROWING INSTABILITY IN
AMERICAN RELIGION - US-R-1940-1980
PAST PROBLEMS IN U.S.
RELIGION: RISE OF
PRO-SLAVERY EVANGELICAL DENOMINATIONS - US-R-HIST-PROBLEMS
U.S.
GOVERNMENT ACTIONS
SPENDING
ON SOCIAL PROGRAMS
AMERICA’S
LOW LEVEL OF SOCIAL SPENDING - SOCIAL-$-LIST
THE DECLINE OF U.S. LEVELS OF WELFARE BENEFITS - WELFARE-%WAGES
U.S. WELFARE BENEFITS IN COMPARISON TO FOREIGN WELFARE BENEFITS - WELFARE-US
PAID MATERNITY LEAVE - MATERN
DECLINE OF DISCRETIONARY
SPENDING -DISCRETIONARY SPENDING
DECLINE OF U.S. DISCRETIONARY SOCIAL SPENDING 1980-1994-BUDGET-PRIORITIES
DEEP
PROBLEMS IN SOCIAL SECURITY - SOC-SEC
U.S.
GOVERNMENT ACTIONS
THE
MISINVESTMENT IN EDUCATION (EDUCATION)
SPENDING MORE AND
GETTING LESS: THE SORRY U.S.
RECORD 1960-1995 -
EDUCAT-$
SPENDING ON EDUCATION
- AN INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON - EDU-GNP
SPENDING PER PUPIL -
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON - PUPIL-$
MISINVESTMENT IN AMERICAN EDUCATION- 1960-1995-US-$-RESULTS
STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO:
AMERICA
, JAPAN
AND GERMANY
- STU-TEA
HUGE RISE IN
NON-TEACHING U.S.
EDUCATION BUREAUCRATS
- SCHOOL-STAFF
MATH TESTS - MATH
GEOGRAPHY TESTS -
GEOGRAPH
PERCENT OF COLLEGE AGE
STUDENTS IN COLLEGE - COLLEGE
SCHOOL DAYS PER YEAR -
SCHOOL-DAYS
U.S.
GOVERNMENT ACTIONS
THE
MISINVESTMENT IN HEALTH CARE
SPENDING ON HEALTH - AN
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON - HEALTH$
AMERICA’S ASTRONOMICAL
LEVELS OF PEOPLE WITH NO HEALTH INSURANCE - USHEALTHINSURANCE
HUGE LEVEL OF AMERICAN
DOCTORS’ SALARIES - DOCTORS
LARGE NUMBERS OF
PEOPLE KILLED BY DOCTORS - MEDICAL-DEATHS
IV.
WORLD POVERTY AND HUMAN SUFFERING
THE GROW TH
OF THE WORLD'S POOR
GROWING
NUMBERS OF THE POOR –POVERTYGROWS.XLS
WORLD'S SLUMS MULTIPLYING--SLUMS.GROW XLS
DECLINE
OF MEXICAN WAGES
–MEXICAN WAGES.XLS
WAGES % U.S. WAGES - GLOBAL WAGES.XLS
GLOBAL INEQUALITY HITS ASTRONOMICAL LEVELS
THE
GROWING GAP BETWEEN THE RICH AND POOR –1800- 2000- GNPPERCAPITA W
RATIO OF THE WORLD’S RICHEST FIFTH TO THE WORLD’S POOREST FIFTH
–RICH-POOR-RATIO-2
PEOPLE
AND MONEY-GLOBAL PICTURE - PEOPLE AND MONEYWEB 2002
THE WORLD IN TERMS OF
HUMAN SOULS - PEOPLE
THE WORLD IN TERMS OF
HUMAN MONEY - PEOPLE-MONEY
THE WORLD IN TERMS OF HUMAN MONEY- SHARES OF GLOBAL ANNUAL INCOME -MONEY
GAP BETWEEN RICH AND
POOR DOUBLES IN 30 YEARS OF "PROGRESS" - RICHPOORRATIO
GNP PER CAPITA OF
DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING WORLD- W.E- 1750. 1938. 90
U.S.
GOVERNMENT ACTIONS
TOWARDS A WORLD IN DESPERATE NEED
AMERICA:
THE GLOBAL SCROOGE?
THE
U.S. GIVES LESS FOREIGN AID TO THE POOR THAN ANY MODERN
STATE
AMERICA’S
TINY COMMITMENT TO FOREIGN AID TO DEVELOPING WORLD - OECDAID
DECLINE OF AMERICA’S
OVERALL COMMITMENT TO FOREIGN AID - FORAID
V.
GLOBAL MEDIA, CULTURAL AND
RELIGIOUS TRENDS
THE
EXPANDING GLOBAL MEDIA
WORLD HOUSEHOLDS WITH TV - TV-W
RISE
OF LITERACY IN INDIA
- INDIA
THE RISE OF THIRD
WORLD TV VIEWING - TV-TW
RISE
OF THE INTERNET
INTERNET ACCESS -INTERNETACCESS.XLS
ONLINE USERS -ONLINEUSERS.XLS
THE
URBANIZATION OF THE PLANET
RISE OF GLOBAL URBANIZATION -URBAN.PERCENT
RISE OF THIRD WORLD
URBANIZATION (% OF POPULATION) – URBAN-TW
SHIFTING CENTER
OF WORLD
URBANIZATION TO THE
THIRD WORLD – URBAN.POP
GROWING
INSTABILITY OF WORLD RELIGIONS
THE DECLINE OF BUDDHISM AND
FOLK RELIGIONS IN CHINA
-
CHINA.RELIGION
THE DECLINE OF
BUDDHISM AND SHINTOISM IN JAPAN
- JAPAN.RELIGION
THE DECLINE OF
TRADITIONAL RELIGIONS IN AFRICA
- AFRICA-RELIGION.XLS
CHRISTIANITY IN THE WORLD –
CHRISTIAN%HISTORY .XLS
VI.
U.S. DEFENSE POLICY
INTERNATIONAL
MILITARY SPENDING
WORLD
LARGEST MILITARY POWERS - -MILITARYBUDGET.XLS
AMERICAN
AND RUSSIAN MILITARY SPENDING 1985-1995 - MIL85-95
U.S.
MILITARY AID TO WESTERN EUROPE, ONE OF THE WORLD'S RICHEST AREAS
DOES THIS STILL MAKE SENSE OVER 10 YEARS AFTER THE END OF THE COLD WAR?
FOREIGN
AID FOR THE RICH –DEFENSE-SPENDING W
DOES
GERMANY STILL NEED FOREIGN AID? –GERMAN-US W
THE
HIGH COST OF AMERICAN SUBSIDIES TO NATO –NATO-AG W
VII. IMPORTANCE OF STATE POWER
GOVERNMENT SIZE
STATISTICS
TOTAL TAX REVENUE AS A PERCENTAGE OF GNP- TAXGNP
GLOBAL PERCENTAGE OF GOVERNMENT GNP- GOVSPEND
FEDERAL SHARE OF U.S.
WORKFORCE LOWEST LEVEL SINCE 1935- FEDERAL-EMPLOYEES
U.S. FEDERAL WORKFORCE PERCENTAGE- FEDERAL WORK FORCE
DECLINE OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LEADS TO EXPANSION IN STATE BUREAUCRACY- GOV-EMPLOYEES
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUCCESS
IN REGULATION 1970-1993- REGULATION
BRITAIN
FRANCE IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
AN ECONOMIC HISTORY LESSON
BRITISH PER CAPITA
TAXATION- BRIT-TAX%
COMPARISON OF TAXATION BRITAIN AND FRANCE 1725-1780- BRIT-FRANCE-TAX
BRITISH TAX REVENUE -BRIT-TAX-REVENUE
PERCENT OF BRITISH PER CAPITA TAXATION- BRIT-TAX-1700-1820
VIII.
STRAWS IN THE WINDS OF HISTORY
WARNINGS ABOUT THINGS TO COME
GRIM WARNING ABOUT THE FUTURE
POPULATION GROWTH WITH
PROJECTIONS IN BILLIONS OF PEOPLE- 1900-2100- FUTURE
THE
DEVASTATING IMPACT OF AIDS
IN AFRICA: THE MODERN BLACK DEATH
A POTENTIAL HARBINGER OF EVEN WORSE PROBLEMS TO COME
THE GRIM
REAPER AND THE YOUTH OF AFRICA-AFRICA AIDS
PERCENT OF THE POPULATION INFECTED –AFRICA PERCENT
POLITICAL
MASS MURDER
A REMINDER OF THE SLAUGHTER OF OVER 100 MILLION IN
THE LAST CENTURY
HOLOCAUSTS IN THE TWENTIETH
CENTURY - HOLOC
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