China’s historical GDP catchup to the USA with a look at inflation and exchange rate

April 7, 2017January 3, 2014 by Brian Wang

There is a history of China’s GDP at wikipedia from 1978 to 2012. This illustrates how inflation and currency exchange versus GDP growth differential factor into China move from US$216 billion to $8.2 trillion. In the blue outline below is the column with growth in Chinese Yuan. This includes inflation but does not include changes …

Biggest health concerns for American kids

April 7, 2017August 21, 2012 by Brian Wang

A survey of American adults indicates that the biggest health concerns for American kids are Inactivity (39%) Obesity (38%) Smoking (34%) Drug abuse (33%) Bullying (29%) Stress (27%) Alcohol abuse (23%) Teen pregnancy (23%) Internet safety (22%) Child abuse and neglect (20%) If you liked this article, please give it a quick review on ycombinator …