Very well said, and sad. I guess I will say the following since I am anonymous, but it would be good for college educated married people to procreate more.
@Karbon_Based_Life_Form sometimes they do sometimes they don't but college educated couples have less children overall or none at all that's where the whole dink phenomenon is even though they have the required resources to have children if they wanted to
The Wall Street Journal has done a podcast showing U.S. Treasury debt held by foreign countries. The United Kingdom holds about $700 billion, but maybe that number is off. The U.S. Treasury should tell the American public how much UK debt the federal government or Americans hold. How much debt of the governments of other countries does the American government or Americans hold?
Excellent presentation! This should be the gold standard for graphics. I do wish the background music was a bit lower but beyond that this was impressive, user-friendly, and a joy to follow along with.
I thought I had seen this video a couple of weeks ago. Thanks for enabling comments Steve. Great content. Questions on my mind currently are access to internet and ease of voting, distance to travel etc.
I'm Canadian but these are awesome. You're doing a service putting out legitimate, well delivered facts. More people need to start demanding the facts, more now than ever.
You can’t talk about yearly earnings by educational development, high school vs 4-year degree, unless you consider the yearly payment for college debt.
There also appears to be a presumption by Ballmer that those not college educated are poorer, when in fact some highly skilled and even tech skilled are numbered among them. Further analysis is necessary to avoid unwarranted conclusions from not only that data gap, but from other excluded material.
The average monthly college debt is estimated to be $502 per month. This means on average a 4-year degree gets you $1500 a month more than a high school. The key word here is the "average". Some do better and some do worse. Not all college degrees are created equal and not all college graduate are the same. If you want to know what is the best option for a college degree, the answer is 2 year at a community college followed by 2-3 years at an In-state college for an engineering degree. which makes more money, the math is hard because you need to choose a time point to measure differences. At 30 years old, trade schools (something not found in most statistics) are your best option. At 40 years, engineers have it the best. At 50+ years, physicians have it the best but becoming a physician is extremely competitive and limited. On the other hand, being a blue collar worker is very taxing on the body at older age.
I really enjoy this series of videos. One minor request - whenever possible, if you present a quantity of people in a given category, also provide that data point's percentage of the population, such as at timestamps 13:50 and 18:46 (lightning round). Having percentages of the population really helps identify trends and context vs just absolute numbers. Thanks for all of the work on these. People's attention spans continue to get shorter, so the easily digestible fact-based presentation format is great.
I appreciate what you are doing. Very interesting and informative. I don't mind the background music but for the sake of others the volume may need to be lowered (I'm sure you were already considering that). I'm greatly disappointed in the low math and reading scores. I know that this has been an issue for several decades. While it the percentages have gone up we are far behind what other nations are doing. You simply present the facts. How you interpret them is a different story. It's sorta like the saying, "there are statistics, and there are ..." Thank you again for making these facts available to us!
It's interesting that the number of TEACHERS has increase by over 46% since 1990 while school age kids under 17 has declined AND literacy rates have declined.
Both math and reading proficiency have risen, the latter quite more than the former, yet both gone up, as well as people completing graduate and post graduate degrees. Perhaps teachers should be seen in relation with the "village" which is supposed to raise a child and we may find that the professional aren«t so prone for blame, while smallpox and flat earthers emerge at an alarming rate.
Other factors which would be interesting to look at also include the use of screen time per day for children as opposed to reading, the increase of learning disabilities like dyslexia diagnosed today, and the change of familial structures which could also contribute/affect the literacy rate. Oh, and there is currently litigation I’ve heard about against 3-4 school publishers who incorporated a failed system of reading program into their curriculum and are now being sued by some states for the results coming out.
YOU are an absolute legend Steve! Can't thank you enough for this channel. So refreshing to get black and white facts when the meta is to blur and manipulate. Everyone i recommend this channel to is blown away, please keep'em coming! Go CLIPS !!
Wow. This is an incredible resource, Steve. One of my co-workers 30-years-ago had been friends with you at Stanford in the 70s. She remembers when you left after one year to go work for Microsoft. Pretty amazing bet back then and very glad to see you still innovating.
Defining what the poverty line means is very important. An image of homeless people was displayed when this figure was mentioned. Especially for us, people from other countries, it is informative to understand what "poverty" means in America.
Hey Steve what a pleasure to meet you again! I just subscribed to your channel ans surely will consume lot of your videos! Hopefully I'll be able to dome something similar for Italy as well. Thanks for always inspiring me throughout my career!
Here's the most important statistic in the United States of America: 1990: 10% of American were obese. 2024: 40%-60% are obese..and it gets worse every single day. People now regularly die in their 30's and I've been in grocery stores where I counted 32 out of 33 adults that are either obese or morbidly obese.
@@KiingMThe official stats are in the low 40's but when I go to the store imy eyeballs tell me it's way higher. I've counted 95% obesity in adults at the store..and by the way 40% does not qualify to be an "obesity epidemic" it's truly an "obesity apocalypse" and the fact that very few people think it's important is disturbing.
@ neutrality is unnatural for us tribal humans. But we can choose to have the discipline of neutrality and follow pre-existing rules wherever they may lead. Do you not think NFL referees have favorite players that they’d want to succeed? Yet a good and disciplined referee will call pass interference against a player they like if the rule calls for it. In this case, I’m congratulating Mr. Balmer for just presenting the numbers, with occasional, and well defined expressions of personal preference.
Good video. One thing to note is math proficiency increased because the level of standards decreased (aka that is an extremely misleading statistic to mention.) Non-Department of Education organization investigations have shown that the average middle school student is fairing worse in math and science now than they were before common core.
@@Allen2 Okay? Spelling is inconsequential to the point I was making, especially in a youtube comment format. English is also not my native language, and so it is difficult to differentiate the spelling of words that are pronounced the same way.
These are great! Question: does the "Married No Kids" stat include those that have kids, but they are not currently in the home, or is it truly married with no kids? I guess it could also be married but haven't had kids yet + those that actually didn't have children. Trying to double click as it seemed a large number, even though I'm in the Married no Kids category myself.
Thank you for the statistics and well-rounded graphical presentation. I also would like to thank you for the very distinct annunciation of the term "population growth RATE", when you spoke of decline. Because the population is not declining.
One thing I like about Jews like Mr. Ballmer is they like facts. Facts are critical. Facts are inconvenient for Utopians who like mandates, quotas, subsidies, and IOUs. This is why I love Jews who support facts like Mr. Ballmer.
Ahh reposted now with comments! Good move, drives engagement. Much needed for high-quality, non-biased content like this. Let’s like, comment and share.
This is very informative. Absolutely love it. But would love comparisons between other countries (Edit) How many people are using e-bikes as primary transportation? I see it everywhere now - cheap to charge, good range, quiet and low cost. Maybe it's just my neighborhood, but maybe not
You should read into whats going on in Japan. They will have a crisis soon regarding their population decline. Serious stuff there that seems to be ever so slowly taking place in the US.
Could you do what a living wage might look like. Money isn't everything, but being consistently underpaid and overcharged for the basics is going to destroy our economy. Having a basic standard of a living wage might help employers and merchants more clearly understand how much we need to make to afford their goods and service. Thank you
Great job. You should have had the FRED (St Louis Fed) household income numbers from 2023 for this video, I believe. Their calculations on real (inflation adjusted) income shows it's level with the prepandemic peaks.
5:25 the 18-24 year old living at home data includes kids in college (including dorms). The increase in young women “living at home” is attributable to the increase in women attending college vs 1960
What a blessing he is!! One thing, though--the background music is too LOUD. I miss some words besides being very uncomfortable. Also, his voice is kind of grating. Can something be done to soften it? Otherwise, very grateful for this being a regular podcast.
Actually could be a really cool video on its own. Wealth distribution, people's break down(savings, stocks, income), company break down, banking and savings, federal government. Probably some gray areas esp people that hide their wealth.
Regarding the College vs HS statistics: Failed to take into account the payment/interests as well as the 4-12 years of loss wages for said schooling. So.. does it pay? Hmmm..
It doesn't if you do more specific analysis like separate STEM from other degree holders. The curriculum doesn't mostly give valuable skills (outside STEM), and also teaches bad lessons. It serves the institutions mainly, not the person.
This is great. Here is one - in voting conversation and in viewing the red/blue congressional maps, the blue areas are the “coastal elites”. But in driving through, say, the tony San Fernando Vally part of LA, I don’t see them. In stopping for gas, I’ve never seen….you, for instance. So these terms and these areas are a lot more demographically complicated. The inner city communities are also here. Could you show the data on that? Thanks.
Is there any further data (used in the graph at 12:05) delineating those with a HSD and work in a trade vs those who don't? Or are they considered in a separate category?
Big CEOs aren't typically compensated through just salary so the comparison doesn't work. They are either paid in options or stocks so their own performance affects their personal wealth. Unless the worker buys the stock of the company he works for, he doesn't share any risk.
I’m glad you made this video about reading and writing because you’re gonna see it drop even more by 2026. You really should check it by state as a nation. It’s not good enough because the schools are controlled by the states so you have to do state-by-state.
Birthrate is inversely proportional to inflation and affordability. It is harder and harder to raise a family as governents over spend and print counterfeit paper.
This is a real service to our country, Mr. Balmer. I use them in my classroom and send them on to friends and colleagues. Keep up the good work!
the problem is that the government data isn't accurate. For example, there was much more immigration in 2023 than reported in this video.
@@riumudamc4686 Where does one find the accurate numbers?
@@riumudamc4686prove it.
@@riumudamc4686there is always someone like you isn’t it. Sometimes people need a ray of fing sunshine so please curb your enthusiasm in the future
@@riumudamc4686 so where do you get your facts and statistics then?
Student loan debt is the most effective form of birth control ever invented.
Right student loans is what a house was in the '90s
Very well said, and sad. I guess I will say the following since I am anonymous, but it would be good for college educated married people to procreate more.
@Karbon_Based_Life_Form sometimes they do sometimes they don't but college educated couples have less children overall or none at all that's where the whole dink phenomenon is even though they have the required resources to have children if they wanted to
then why are birth rates low in scandinavia? debt is NOT the reason people are childless
Or you could just not go to college. Woah
Congrats to the graphics people on this. So clean, so clear. Just *Bravo!*
The Wall Street Journal has done a podcast showing U.S. Treasury debt held by foreign countries. The United Kingdom holds about $700 billion, but maybe that number is off. The U.S. Treasury should tell the American public how much UK debt the federal government or Americans hold. How much debt of the governments of other countries does the American government or Americans hold?
Wrong. The graphics people failed. Every time they show a map of the U.S., they leave off my state -- Alaska. FAIL.
As a Canadian, I thank you for you and your teams work on this. We need more channels and people like this. The whole world should.
Excellent presentation! This should be the gold standard for graphics. I do wish the background music was a bit lower but beyond that this was impressive, user-friendly, and a joy to follow along with.
I really enjoy this visual presentation style, keep it up!
Perhaps not with the ‘ jangle Muzak’ background?
I thought I had seen this video a couple of weeks ago.
Thanks for enabling comments Steve. Great content.
Questions on my mind currently are access to internet and ease of voting, distance to travel etc.
I'm Canadian but these are awesome. You're doing a service putting out legitimate, well delivered facts. More people need to start demanding the facts, more now than ever.
You can’t talk about yearly earnings by educational development, high school vs 4-year degree, unless you consider the yearly payment for college debt.
There also appears to be a presumption by Ballmer that those not college educated are poorer, when in fact some highly skilled and even tech skilled are numbered among them.
Further analysis is necessary to avoid unwarranted conclusions from not only that data gap, but from other excluded material.
It also depends on the type of job. A teacher will make less than an engineer, doctor, or lawyer.
The average monthly college debt is estimated to be $502 per month. This means on average a 4-year degree gets you $1500 a month more than a high school. The key word here is the "average". Some do better and some do worse. Not all college degrees are created equal and not all college graduate are the same.
If you want to know what is the best option for a college degree, the answer is 2 year at a community college followed by 2-3 years at an In-state college for an engineering degree. which makes more money, the math is hard because you need to choose a time point to measure differences. At 30 years old, trade schools (something not found in most statistics) are your best option. At 40 years, engineers have it the best. At 50+ years, physicians have it the best but becoming a physician is extremely competitive and limited. On the other hand, being a blue collar worker is very taxing on the body at older age.
You also have to wait 20-30 years to get the entire career. A 10 year window isn't long enough.
Exactly my thought!
I really enjoy this series of videos. One minor request - whenever possible, if you present a quantity of people in a given category, also provide that data point's percentage of the population, such as at timestamps 13:50 and 18:46 (lightning round). Having percentages of the population really helps identify trends and context vs just absolute numbers. Thanks for all of the work on these. People's attention spans continue to get shorter, so the easily digestible fact-based presentation format is great.
Great videos keep it going
I appreciate what you are doing. Very interesting and informative. I don't mind the background music but for the sake of others the volume may need to be lowered (I'm sure you were already considering that). I'm greatly disappointed in the low math and reading scores. I know that this has been an issue for several decades. While it the percentages have gone up we are far behind what other nations are doing. You simply present the facts. How you interpret them is a different story. It's sorta like the saying, "there are statistics, and there are ..." Thank you again for making these facts available to us!
Thank you Steve, you are doing a great service for the people!!!!
It's interesting that the number of TEACHERS has increase by over 46% since 1990 while school age kids under 17 has declined AND literacy rates have declined.
Both math and reading proficiency have risen, the latter quite more than the former, yet both gone up, as well as people completing graduate and post graduate degrees. Perhaps teachers should be seen in relation with the "village" which is supposed to raise a child and we may find that the professional aren«t so prone for blame, while smallpox and flat earthers emerge at an alarming rate.
Other factors which would be interesting to look at also include the use of screen time per day for children as opposed to reading, the increase of learning disabilities like dyslexia diagnosed today, and the change of familial structures which could also contribute/affect the literacy rate. Oh, and there is currently litigation I’ve heard about against 3-4 school publishers who incorporated a failed system of reading program into their curriculum and are now being sued by some states for the results coming out.
John what is your source for your claim that "literacy rates have declined"?
These are just wonderful presentations.
YOU are an absolute legend Steve! Can't thank you enough for this channel. So refreshing to get black and white facts when the meta is to blur and manipulate. Everyone i recommend this channel to is blown away, please keep'em coming! Go CLIPS !!
Wow. This is an incredible resource, Steve. One of my co-workers 30-years-ago had been friends with you at Stanford in the 70s. She remembers when you left after one year to go work for Microsoft. Pretty amazing bet back then and very glad to see you still innovating.
This is absolutely necessary
You mean (un)necessary, correct.
@@RK-um9tu To gain a little intelligence about America, this video is necessary. To remain in the dark or misinformed, it is unnecessary.
Did you use Microsoft Office Power point? Nice presentation and contents 👍
Keep it up. Can you put source references in the description?
Fascinating Information.
This is gold. Thank you Mr. Balmer. Might I suggest chapter markers, though. If ever there was content that would benefit from them, this is it.
Thanks Steve- we sorely need this information more today than ever! Please keep up the good work!
Try going to any government website...
Great work here, Mr Ballmer. Thanks for your work on this
One of my favorite channels
Thanks Steve great job on this, and your tenure at MicroSoft.
These videos are awesome. Keep doing it Mr Balmer
Keep them coming. This is great work.
Defining what the poverty line means is very important. An image of homeless people was displayed when this figure was mentioned. Especially for us, people from other countries, it is informative to understand what "poverty" means in America.
A major number of homeless are addicts unwilling to get clean even though they are offered it.
I got four words for you: I. LOVE. THIS. CHANNEL!! YEEEEEEAHHH!!
GREAT SHOW
Great information. Subscribed
This is a wonderful video!! 👏 Thanks Steve. So important.
Awesome video. Thanks for presenting the facts cleanly and clearly, and looking forward to more of these!
Thank you for the information.
Hey Steve what a pleasure to meet you again! I just subscribed to your channel ans surely will consume lot of your videos! Hopefully I'll be able to dome something similar for Italy as well. Thanks for always inspiring me throughout my career!
This is a great channel! Thank you 🎉
These videos are great, much appreciated.
Super interesting!✅👍🙏🇺🇸
This is exactly the kind of content I love.
Thank you for doing this work and presenting it in a straightforward format.
Here's the most important statistic in the United States of America:
1990: 10% of American were obese.
2024: 40%-60% are obese..and it gets worse every single day.
People now regularly die in their 30's and I've been in grocery stores where I counted 32 out of 33 adults that are either obese or morbidly obese.
40 to 60 is such a wide range… that’s over 50 million range. We can’t get a little more specific?
@@KiingMThe official stats are in the low 40's but when I go to the store imy eyeballs tell me it's way higher. I've counted 95% obesity in adults at the store..and by the way 40% does not qualify to be an "obesity epidemic" it's truly an "obesity apocalypse" and the fact that very few people think it's important is disturbing.
@@KiingM that's a pretty good range for 330,000,000 total
@@SladeBlingsounds like you live in the south. For where I live it’s more like 2 in 10 adults are obese
@Aires457 the state with the lowest obesity rate is Colorado at 25%, which is still a NIGHTMARE.
These videos are great but the background music is very disturbing and makes it difficult to follow what Steve is saying.
Exactly. Thanks. I couldn’t finish just because background music was so annoying.
Didn’t notice.
I like it
Interesting. I like the music. I didn’t even notice it until I read your comment and was 10 mins into the video.
Good stuff, keep em coming, what the US needs is straight data and facts
Feel much more informed after watching this. Looking forward to the next episode.
Thank you. This is most important data when it comes to us, making decisions about our future as Americans.
Steve, this is excellent!. Thank you. I just subscribed.
Maybe an episode about regulations.
I appreciate the neutrality. Thanks Steve.
Billionaires don't do anything that is netural...
@ neutrality is unnatural for us tribal humans. But we can choose to have the discipline of neutrality and follow pre-existing rules wherever they may lead. Do you not think NFL referees have favorite players that they’d want to succeed? Yet a good and disciplined referee will call pass interference against a player they like if the rule calls for it.
In this case, I’m congratulating Mr. Balmer for just presenting the numbers, with occasional, and well defined expressions of personal preference.
I noted the fall in household income from 2019 onwards.
Household composition is different too. By itself the number doesn't mean much.
I love this, thank you! Is there a video on Bureau of Labor Statistics data?
amazing work--- now this is content the nation needs
Wonderful update to the original version with added data!
Nice job Steve, great summary. Keep up the summary of important statistics.
Well done! Thank you.
Good video. One thing to note is math proficiency increased because the level of standards decreased (aka that is an extremely misleading statistic to mention.) Non-Department of Education organization investigations have shown that the average middle school student is fairing worse in math and science now than they were before common core.
Some people are faring poorly in spelling too.
@@Allen2 Okay? Spelling is inconsequential to the point I was making, especially in a youtube comment format. English is also not my native language, and so it is difficult to differentiate the spelling of words that are pronounced the same way.
A man after my own heart. As an almost 80-year old, I have love this information all my life since I was in elementary school.
This guy just made me a fan. This is really important stuff for everyone. Great analysis.
These are great! Question: does the "Married No Kids" stat include those that have kids, but they are not currently in the home, or is it truly married with no kids? I guess it could also be married but haven't had kids yet + those that actually didn't have children. Trying to double click as it seemed a large number, even though I'm in the Married no Kids category myself.
Thank you for the statistics and well-rounded graphical presentation. I also would like to thank you for the very distinct annunciation of the term "population growth RATE", when you spoke of decline. Because the population is not declining.
If some are trying to figure out where they saw this video. It's typically ran as a ad.
Awesome 👏
One thing I like about Jews like Mr. Ballmer is they like facts. Facts are critical. Facts are inconvenient for Utopians who like mandates, quotas, subsidies, and IOUs. This is why I love Jews who support facts like Mr. Ballmer.
Really interesting and educational. Just subscribed. I appreciate seeing how trends have changed over time.
Ahh reposted now with comments! Good move, drives engagement. Much needed for high-quality, non-biased content like this. Let’s like, comment and share.
For many statistics, in addition to the number, including the percentage of the population would help to put the number in perspective.
I think a better picture than just inflation adjusted wages would be to have that curve and the cost of homes plotted out next to each other.
Very interesting thank you please reduce the background volume,
In the beginning the background music was too loud and distracting. Thhen it seemed to get somewhat less loud.
Very useful content.
This is great. Would love data on those that went to trade schools.
This is very informative. Absolutely love it. But would love comparisons between other countries
(Edit) How many people are using e-bikes as primary transportation? I see it everywhere now - cheap to charge, good range, quiet and low cost. Maybe it's just my neighborhood, but maybe not
You should read into whats going on in Japan. They will have a crisis soon regarding their population decline. Serious stuff there that seems to be ever so slowly taking place in the US.
Could you do what a living wage might look like. Money isn't everything, but being consistently underpaid and overcharged for the basics is going to destroy our economy. Having a basic standard of a living wage might help employers and merchants more clearly understand how much we need to make to afford their goods and service.
Thank you
Why doesn’t this wonderful education tool have over 10 million subscribers?
Great job. You should have had the FRED (St Louis Fed) household income numbers from 2023 for this video, I believe. Their calculations on real (inflation adjusted) income shows it's level with the prepandemic peaks.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE stop the music. Thank you. Love the information.
Good video. I’m surprised that it didn’t include anything about wealth inequality?
5:25 the 18-24 year old living at home data includes kids in college (including dorms). The increase in young women “living at home” is attributable to the increase in women attending college vs 1960
Damn this is good stuff! Thanks Steve!
love the graphics. they should teach this stuff in school
They do in geography majors....sadly I couldn't make a go of it. I couldn't rely on nepotism.
What a blessing he is!! One thing, though--the background music is too LOUD. I miss some words besides being very uncomfortable. Also, his voice is kind of grating. Can something be done to soften it? Otherwise, very grateful for this being a regular podcast.
This is great, thank you Mr. Balmer!
Thank you Sir
Interesting one stat he seemed to forget is the wealth distribution in the United States
Actually could be a really cool video on its own. Wealth distribution, people's break down(savings, stocks, income), company break down, banking and savings, federal government. Probably some gray areas esp people that hide their wealth.
there is another video on that topic
How about you spend 5 seconds looking at the other videos from this channel?
Okay...here we go .. Mr negative, the chief critic has arrived...👎👎👎
Rich guys have no clue or care about the little guy.
Regarding the College vs HS statistics: Failed to take into account the payment/interests as well as the 4-12 years of loss wages for said schooling. So.. does it pay? Hmmm..
It doesn't if you do more specific analysis like separate STEM from other degree holders. The curriculum doesn't mostly give valuable skills (outside STEM), and also teaches bad lessons. It serves the institutions mainly, not the person.
Thank you for giving this important information.
Mr. Ballmer, would you consider adding the year, to the month, when you record a video?
Thank you!!!!! Pls keep up the good work!!!
Thank you
Steve, I really enjoy your channel. Great Stuff!
This is great. Here is one - in voting conversation and in viewing the red/blue congressional maps, the blue areas are the “coastal elites”. But in driving through, say, the tony San Fernando Vally part of LA, I don’t see them. In stopping for gas, I’ve never seen….you, for instance. So these terms and these areas are a lot more demographically complicated. The inner city communities are also here.
Could you show the data on that?
Thanks.
Wish we had you in Canada. We love your work.
Great material. Keep it up.!
Is there any further data (used in the graph at 12:05) delineating those with a HSD and work in a trade vs those who don't? Or are they considered in a separate category?
Good work Steve.
Is there a graphic on CEO pay vs. average worker pay. With health benefits, vacation, pension?
Big CEOs aren't typically compensated through just salary so the comparison doesn't work. They are either paid in options or stocks so their own performance affects their personal wealth.
Unless the worker buys the stock of the company he works for, he doesn't share any risk.
I’m glad you made this video about reading and writing because you’re gonna see it drop even more by 2026. You really should check it by state as a nation. It’s not good enough because the schools are controlled by the states so you have to do state-by-state.
Love the platform.
Birthrate is inversely proportional to inflation and affordability. It is harder and harder to raise a family as governents over spend and print counterfeit paper.
By design
Or people are selfish and don’t want children.
Wow! Thank you!
Love demographics...I imediately subscribed.
4:34 feels like we're missing
- single but with roommates
- couples non married without kids
- couples non married with kids
That data isn't collected by the Census Bureau
That's the OTHER category. There's no need to break it out to that level of detail bc it represents a very small percentage of the population.