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Civics · Economics · Narratives · September 22, 2026

NARRATIVES: The Field Guide Culture Workers Needed

A working framework for treating economic narratives as contagious, falsifiable objects — built from Shiller and Kuran, not a proprietary dataset. Civics · Business · Playboy · September 22, 2026

PLAYBOY: When the Brand Outlives the House

Hefner died in 2017. Civics · Economics · Exports · July 1, 2026

ATLAS: What Does Your Country Sell?

Export ledgers reveal national identity under market constraint—200+ countries, 5,000+ products, six diagnostic questions. Civics · Economics · Cities · July 1, 2026

BIOECONOMICS: A Data Framework for Economic Identity

1,667 subnational regions and 1,100+ datasets define the economic signature of cities — exports, housing, transit, culture, and historical infrastructure. Civics · Economics · Exports · July 1, 2026

EXPORTERS: Platforms, Factories, and Machines

The U.S., China, and Germany dominate trade through different architectures — platform control, manufacturing scale, and industrial precision. Civics · Economics · Exports · July 1, 2026

GEOPOLITICS: Film and Music Lead Cultural Exports; Korea Rose 70 Points Since 1990

Film scores 91 on exportability, music 88. Civics · Economics · Cities · July 1, 2026

METROS: New York Capital, San Francisco Invention

New York legitimizes and commands global systems; San Francisco prototypes them. Civics · Politics · States · July 1, 2026

RIVALRY: California vs. Texas on Seven Economic Dimensions

California scores 96 on GDP, 94 on tech; Texas scores 96 on energy, 91 on migration attention. Civics · Economics · San Francisco · July 1, 2026

SF: Can It Absorb Its Own Invention Machine?

A small city exports global software wealth while underbuilding the physical infrastructure to metabolize it. Civics · Business · Ceos · June 15, 2026

CEOs: CEO Tenure Caps at 2.5 Years in 9,423 Departure Records

Median tenure coded at 1.0 year; "Interim" label accounts for 218 observations in TidyTuesday departures extract. Civics · Politics · United Nations · June 15, 2026

DIPLOMACY: Brazil Dominates the UN Roll-Call in a 100,000-Vote Sample

In a 100,000-row UN voting extract, Brazil appears 747 times and 79,663 votes (80%) are affirmative — before ideological coalition modeling begins. Civics · Economics · Nations · June 15, 2026

FACTBOOK: Five Countries Hold 72% of World Population

China's 1.36 billion against a 5.2 million median — the top five countries hold 72% of aggregate population in the CIA World Factbook extract. Civics · Economics · Burgers · June 15, 2026

MAC: Twenty Years of Big Mac Prices

Global burger prices illustrate how currency and wages shape the real cost of everyday goods. Civics · Education · Majors · June 15, 2026

MAJORS: Psychology Grads Fill Low-Wage Jobs at Four Times the Business Rate

Psychology leads 173 majors with 48,207 low-wage jobs; engineering's median is 372—a hundredfold gap in labor-market absorption. Civics · Education · Phds · June 15, 2026

PHDS: Social Sciences Drove 63% of Growth

Five fields produced 63% of U.S. Civics · Law · Prisons · June 15, 2026

PRISONS: U.S. Jail Populations, County by County, 1970–2016

County-level population data show regional regimes that diverge for decades, not one national curve. Civics · Education · Schools · June 15, 2026

SCHOOLS: School Diversity Peaks at 85.3 While the Median Holds at 2.38

Butteville Union Elementary scores 85.3 on the Multi index while the national median sits at 2.38 across 27,944 local education agencies. Civics · Communication · Super Bowl · June 15, 2026

SUPERBOWL: Five Brands Capture 87% of Ad Views

NFL leads at 403,641 views; median dropped from 111,814 to 33,766 as the 2006–2021 archive filled with ordinary uploads. Civics · Education · Tuition · June 15, 2026

TUITION: Vermont Led Public Tuition at $13,486 as Medians Rose 56%

Median state tuition climbed from $5,876 to $9,141 across 2004–2015; Vermont led at $13,486 while five states held 38% of aggregate value. Civics · Politics · Voters · June 15, 2026

VOTERS: National Turnout Hit 132 Million; Most States Stayed Near 1.2 Million

National turnout reached 132.6 million in 2014 while the median state recorded 1.17 million votes across 936 elections from 1980–2014. Civics · Economics · Wealth · June 15, 2026

WEALTH: Middle Brackets Gained Income Share; Top Tiers Trailed the Median

Middle income groups claimed 16% more share; top earners held 6.7 points less than the 10.9% median between 1967 and 2019. Civics · Communication · Youtube · April 14, 2026

YOUTUBE: The Platform's $36B Engine and One Podcast's Borrowed Peak

Alphabet reported $36.1B in YouTube ad revenue in FY2024 while Nielsen puts YouTube at 15.8% of U.S.