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Employment Level - 20-24 Yrs. (LNS12000036) was at an all-time high March 2023. Decline over recent months is not enough to make a trend but should watch.

#Econsky

fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS12...
November 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The rise in 20-24 unemployment is a recession marker.

fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1NTYa
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
SNAP & nonSNAP food spending was mostly similar in 2011. Some differences in the chart.

Top 7 as % total spending for both (in different orders)

Soft drinks
Fluid milk products
Beef:grinds
Bag snacks
Cheese
Baked breads
Cold cereal
November 14, 2025 at 2:47 AM
@steveinskeep.bsky.social

Keep up the good work. I appreciate the many years of unbiased, fact-based journalism.

Please don’t let Bluesky radicals affect you. I’d rather you mute all of us & continue to do your best than to have them influence you to show bias.

Thank you & all of @npr.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Value Added by Industry

(Growing services, health, education, insurance.
Shrinking old-fashioned labor jobs)

This represents sum of costs-incurred & incomes-earned in production = employee compensation, tax on production & imports, less subsidies & gross operating surplus.

#Econsky
October 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog

Caspar David Friedrich

#Art
#Romanticism
#OilOnCanvas

Rückenfigur (German: Rear-facing figure)

#Mountainouslandforms
#Sky
#Mountain
#Atmosphericphenomenon
#Standing
#Ridge
#Summit
#Cloud

I just found Wikiart.org
Thank you BlueSky!
October 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
On a per capita basis, U.S. health spending (*in constant 2023 dollars*) has increased in the last five decades from

$2,151 per year per American in 1970 to

$14,570 per year per American in 2023.

#Inequality
#M4A
#Econsky
October 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Where Americans Can’t Afford Healthcare, by State

Southern states post higher shares of surveyed adults who skipped visiting doctor due to costs in 2023.

Texas, highest at 18% unable to afford healthcare, has some of the strictest Medicaid eligibility requirements.

#Inequality
#M4A
#Econsky
October 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Minimum Wages in 50 U.S. States & 35 Countries, Adjusted for Living Costs, before tax

Germany, Australia, & France are higher than all 50 states.

Fed min wage clusters at the bottom end of this ranking, closer to upper-middle-income economies like Colombia & Peru.

#Inequality
#LivingWage
#Econsky
October 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Are we too sensitive?

Racial category and sensitivity to racism
October 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Personal Responsibility and Political Favorability

Relationship between views on personal responsibility and approval of Presidents
October 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
What Causes Success in Life?

Tribes differ in their views on the role of personal responsibility in life outcomes
October 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Moral Foundations and Politics

Relationship between moral foundations and views on various political issues

Loyalty > Authority > Purity > Care > Fairness
October 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Shifts in the moral bedrock

Tribes differ in their endorsement of the moral foundations

Left: Care, Fairness

Right: Authority, Loyalty, Purity
October 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Parenting and morality

Relationship between parenting style and views on moral issues
October 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Authoritarianism

Differences between tribes

Politically Disengaged &
Moderates were higher than
Traditional Conservatives
October 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Perceived Threat

Tribes differ in how safe or dangerous they see the world
October 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Religious Identity

Tribes differ in identification with their faith
October 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Strength of Group Identities

Tribes differ in the strength of their identification with different group categories
October 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Feelings Toward Different Racial Groups

Tribes differ in their sentiment towards whites and blacks
October 5, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Views on Ideology

Tribes differ in how central their ideological views are to their identity
October 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Violence in Islam

Tribes differ in their views on whether it is more violent than other religions
October 5, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Science versus Religion

Tribes differ in views on faith versus reason
October 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Tribes: Central Issues

The tribes differ in which issues they deem most important in society
October 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Activism and Ideology
Tribes differ not just in their views but also how involved they are in politics
October 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM