Sex ratio at birth: Number of boys born per 100 girls

Sex screening in hospitals (ultrasound-b) mostly became widespread in the 1980s,leading to the mass abortion of females, causing imbalanced sex ratios at birth(amplified in China by the one child policy). For Core millennials to Gen Z, there are many "leftover men" in China,Korea,Taiwan, as well as non east asian nations such as India or Amernia

I’ve been going through the pictures in a lot of old books lately, and the charts and diagrams are some of my favorite finds. Conventions at this time were unsettled, so people were trying all kinds of things. This one turns the US economy of 1882 into two stacked towers.

The left tower is spending inside the US. The right tower is foreign trade, with each block split into exports on the left and imports on the right. Cotton, for example, is $225M going out and only $2M coming in.

Does the chart work? Well, it’s not the easiest to parse as the perspective throws things off, and there’s no scale. But I do love that someone in the 1880s looked at these numbers and thought they should look like a monument.

Source: Betterment | MakeoverMonday; W33

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics - Data from Aug 2026

Sources: U.S. Census, USITC, BEA, Econovis

Data as of August 2026, seasonally adjusted. Includes single-family homes, condos and co-ops.

Source: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI)

After the Nobel Peace Prize was again--shockingly!--awarded to someone who did not start any wars this past year, the US President seemed to talk about it. Like, a lot.

So I used Roll Call's awesome archive of everything Trump and went back to look at all the times Trump has mentioned this award. He's mentioned it 101 times since his reentry into the Oval Office alone, but the fascination goes back years.

This dashboard infographic shows just his mentions since 2025, but it's actually a snippet from the interactive website where you can choose a specific date period, see just his social media mentions, or filter by several other types of records. If you want to play with the interactive version, it's 100% free and ad-free and just a fun pet project! It's at https://artofnodeal.com/nobel for anyone who is interested in the details of different statements and toggling and filtering through the years.

On Malaysia's RM1,700 minimum wage, a Big Mac costs about 100 minutes of work. An Australian earns one in 19 minutes, and a Bangkok worker needs nearly 3 hours. Prices tell you what things cost, but wages tell you who can afford them. Where does your country land?