The United States has about 5 percent of the world’s population, but 31 percent of the mass shootings.
In the old days, according to popular allegory, you worked for a company most of your life. At retirement, that firm rewarded you with a pension, a guaranteed income for your golden years. These days, retirement planning is a bit more complicated. Fewer employers offer defined-benefit pension plans. Instead they require employees to parse byzantine literature and make life-altering choices for themselves. And more options are available than ever before.
When New York is enveloped in pollution, the stock market loses value and sends a negative signal to global markets, a new paper finds.
