Food for Thought: Union membership in the US

1. Union membership in the US:
 
Source: @chartrdaily  
 
2. Poverty rate:
 
Source: @bpolitics   Read full article  
 
3. US private prison population:
 
Source: Statista  
 
4. Trust in traditional media:
 
Source: @axios   Read full article  
 
5. State governor ratings:
 
Source: Gallup   Read full article  
 
6. Freedom of Information Act requests:
 
Source: @axios   Read full article  
 
7. Mexico’s birth rate:
 
Source: @Noahpinion, @bopinion   Read full article  
 
8. Should vaccination be mandatory?
 
Source: Statista  
 
9. Actual vs. perceived relative income (people generally think their income percentile is lower than it is):
 
Source: Mounir Karadja, Johanna Mollerstrom, and David Seim, Review of Economics and Statistics – June 2016  
 
10. US sales of sweets are up sharply since the start of the pandemic. This year, it’s about frozen desserts.
 
Source: Numerator, h/t Nancy Moran   Read full article  

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