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This morning, the government released the latest CPI report. For November Obviously, falling energy prices played a big role. Gasoline prices fell 4.2% last month. Over the last year, CPI is up 2.532%. That’s November is a good reason why we also want to look at “core” inflation which excludes food and energy. Last month, core inflation It’s time for some New Year’s Resolutions. First, let’s clear up some obsolete language – like developing vs. developed nations. According to a new book, “Factfulness,” by Hans Rosling, the number of nations called “developing” (poor) is now down to only Rosling has been urging this change of language to the World Bank since 1999. After 14 talks there in 17 years, the World Bank finally changed its language in 2016. The United Nations still retains its binary “us” vs. “them” paradigm because it suits their Next, let’s clear up some false impressions of the world around us – that “everything is getting worse.” If you don’t think this belief is widespread, let me give you the results of a quiz designed by Mr. Rosling. Although he died in 2017, Rosling’s son Ola and Ola’s wife Anna are carrying on his work. The Roslings crafted a 13-part quiz, each question with a 3-part multiple choice answer. That means chimpanzees can score 33% right, but experience has shown that far fewer than 33% Here are about half of the 13 questions – the odd-numbered ones (due to space constraints). See how well you do. See if you can beat the world (which scores about 10%) or the chimps (33%). The answers follow. Question #1: In all low-income countries across the world today, how many gi*ls finish primary school? (Please note: I’m only asking the odd-numbered questions, due to space constraints) Question #3: In the last 20 years, the proportion of the world population living in extreme poverty has… Question #5: There are two billion children in the world today, aged 0 to 15 years old. How many children will there be in the year 2100,