Category Archives: Conflict Statistics

All the various associated stats from defense spending to numbers killed in wars.

Amnesty International Annual Report on Executions

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

Amnesty International Report on executions is at http://bit.ly/10KEuOe It is summarized in this diagram that puts the US to shame in the company it keeps: China, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Sudan….

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When Will the Global Natural Resources Run Out?

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Women and the Glass Ceiling: from The Economist Magazine

Posted on March 8, 2013 by

The US and UK are well down the league table on countries where women have fair career possibilities: from The Economist at: http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/03/daily-chart-3   Where is best to be a working woman in the rich world IF YOU are a working … Continue reading →

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Great Video Graphic on Wealth Inequality in America from Time Magazine

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

How bad is wealth inequality in the U.S.? It’s probably worse than you thought. As an eye-opening video that went viral over the weekend shows, not only do most Americans think that wealth is unfairly distributed in this country, they also have … Continue reading →

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National Crime Victimization Statistics for the US: Rape

Posted on January 7, 2013 by

Before the US gets too holier than thou about the recent horrendous rape in India, the graphic below, passed along by the Huffington Post‘s Laura Bassett, was put together by the Enliven Project using data from Department of Justice’s National Crime Victimization Survey and FBI reports. It drives … Continue reading →

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Global Crop Production Shows Some Signs of Stagnating: Max Fisher

Posted on January 4, 2013 by

Something that should be worrying us a lot and which has major future conflict implications: Max Fisher’s Washington Post article on the possible stagnation of global crop production. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2012/12/24/is-production-of-key-global-crops-stagnating/     After decades of rapidly growing global agricultural output, production … Continue reading →

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America’s Real Criminal Element: Lead by Kevin Drum

Posted on January 3, 2013 by

There is an excellent article in Mother Jones by Kevin Drum at http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/lead-crime-link-gasoline on the link between crime levels and lead in the atmosphere. It will be interesting if conservatives can get their head round the idea that crime rates … Continue reading →

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This Blog: 2012 in review: 75,000 Hits in One Year

Posted on December 30, 2012 by

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog, and for the record, the blog attracted over 75,000 views in 2012. Thanks to all our readers and those who made comments. Here’s an excerpt: 19,000 people … Continue reading →

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US Gun Deaths

 More Americans were killed with guns in the 18-year period between 1979 and 1997 (651,697), than were killed in battle in all wars since 1775 (650,858).  http://www.stophandgunviolence.com/facts.asp

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Fatal Child Abuse in the USA

Posted on December 20, 2012 by

In our continuing series of posts of conflict statistics, I found this one particularly horrifying in the run up to Christmas. In the mind of the gun folk, the threat to families comes from outside intruders, whereas in reality far … Continue reading →

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