2. Ten Wars killed over 1.3 Million Americans
625,000
American Civil War
World War II
405,399
World War I
116,516
Vietnam War
58,209
Korean War
36,516
American Revolutionary War
25,000
War of 1812
20,000
Mexican–American War
13,283
War on Terror
6,594
Philippine–American War
4,196
0
100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000 500,000 600,000 700,000
Data: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_of_war

3. The High Cost of America’s $3.3 Trillion Dollar War

4. 6.98 Million Americans under Adult Correctional Supervision in 2011
http://bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/cpus11.pdf
47% Prisoners
Serving for Drug
Offenses
2.9% Americans
Under Correctional
Supervision State Corrections Expenditures, FY
1982-2010 ($ Billions)
http://www.bop.gov/
news/quick.jsp#1
$60
$50
$40
$30
1/107
Americans
incarcerated
$20
$10
$0
Data Source: http://bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=4556

5. If the statistics are boring, you are
using the wrong numbers.
- Edward Tufte,
Visualization Expert

6. HIGH COST OF U.S. EXECUTIVE PAY (2008)
$112.5 M
$133.7 M
$84.6 M
$77.1 M
$51.5 M
Bruce Wassertein
CEO, Lazard Ltd.
Audrey McClendon
CEO, Chesapeake Energy
Richard Adkerson
CEO, Freeport Copper
& Gold
Robert Iger
CEO, Disney Co.
3.4K
U.S.
JOBS
5.1K
U.S.
JOBS
Larry Ellison
CEO, Oracle Corp.
5.6K
U.S.
JOBS
DATA SOURCE: AFL – CIO 100 Highest Paid CEOs CEO Pay Database 2009
7.5K
U.S.
JOBS
8.9K
U.S.
JOBS

7. CEO Pay vs. Average Workers
$34,000 Av. Worker Pay
$12.9M Av. S&P 500 CEO Pay
380x
2011
42x
1980
Data Source: 2012 http://www.aflcio.org/Corporate-Watch/CEO-Pay-and-the-99/

8. Average Income in 42 American Cities - 2011
Data Source: Florida, Richard. Where the Skills Are. The Atlantic, Oct. 2011. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Research of 800 occupations.

9. U.S. Imports by Country of Origin in 2011
1,200,000
Annual thousands of Barrels
1,000,000
800,000
Oil
600,000
400,000
200,000
0
DATA SOURCE: US ENERGY INFORMATION GOV ADMINISTRATION

10. Average U.S. Gas Price Per Gallon on Sept. 9 2013: $3.55
$4 gal.
$10 gal.
$19 gal.
$32 gal.
$40 gal.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Admin. Gov. & Online Web Search

11. Per Barrel vs. Gallon of
$109 Barrel
Nail Polish
$1,024 gal.

12. Stimulate Your Audience’s “Whole Brain”

13. $70
2011 Manufacturing Hourly Compensation Costs in U.S. Dollars
$60
$50
$40
$35.53
$30
$20
$10
$1.36
$0
Data Source: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ichcc.t01.htm;*http://www.bls.gov/ilc/china.htm

14. GDP
GDP
2.2%.
7.8%.
Growth
Growth
Debt
73.6%
of GDP
Debt
31.7%
of GDP
U.S. vs. China
Economy 2012
154.9M
Labor
Force
Data: CIA World Factbook 2012 Estimates
795.4M
Labor
Force
$15.66
Trillion
GDP
World Rank #1
$12.38
Trillion
GDP
World Rank #3

15. USD Billions
1.8
Top Global Exporters and Importers in 2011
Data: May 14, 2012 Nathan Yau
1.6
US 52%
1.4
MORE
IMPORTS
1.2
1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
China
Japan
S. Arabia
USA
S. Korea

17. 2011 Percentage of $22.5 Billion
Angel Investment by Sector
5%
7%
23%
Software
13%
Biotech
Industrial /
Energy
13%
Healthcare
Services /
Medical Devices
19%
Data Source: Sohl, Jeffrey. UNH CENTER FOR VENTURE RESEARCH: ANGEL
INVESTOR MARKET ON SOLID PATH OF RECOVERY IN 2011. April 3, 2012.