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1. economists claim no news is good news
used to be "morning coffees are no longer the same since the disappearance of newspapers" |
-3.34 to +6.66 Economy (mean +0.4337)
+0 to +20.83 Wealth Gaps (mean +0.6289)
-0.25 to +7.43 Death Rate (mean +0.1195)
-5.54 to +156.06 Eco-Friendliness (mean +6.8398)
-25.79 to +155.15 Industry: Automobile Manufacturing (mean +13.4938)
-13.75 to +104.19 Industry: Cheese Exports (mean +13.8427)
-103.83 to +195.76 Industry: Basket Weaving (mean +18.1841)
+0 to +1688.09 Industry: Information Technology (mean +562.4541)
-5.66 to +210.71 Industry: Pizza Delivery (mean +28.7480)
-14.22 to +458.6 Industry: Trout Fishing (mean +19.9109)
-87.75 to +256.19 Industry: Arms Manufacturing (mean +38.9050)
-66.91 to +187.01 Sector: Agriculture (mean +17.2871)
-23.78 to +179.53 Industry: Beverage Sales (mean +6.8158)
-133.08 to +197.38 Industry: Timber Woodchipping (mean +16.1472)
-155.02 to +129.27 Industry: Mining (mean +15.5268)
-75.32 to +256.59 Industry: Insurance (mean +13.7427)
-31.51 to +197.38 Industry: Furniture Restoration (mean +15.8592)
-111.15 to +195.76 Industry: Retail (mean +17.7606)
-2922.58 to -0 Industry: Book Publishing (mean -1155.8947)
-10.77 to +584.22 Industry: Gambling (mean +23.0309)
-207.67 to +329.28 Sector: Manufacturing (mean +70.5825)
-2.99 to +105.27 Welfare (mean +9.6744)
-9.14 to +125.18 Public Healthcare (mean +13.3828)
-31.08 to +98.69 Law Enforcement (mean +16.1025)
-10.12 to +186.92 Business Subsidization (mean +11.6743)
-5.76 to -0 Income Equality (mean -0.6691)
-0.03 to +7.33 Rudeness (mean +0.6809)
-1.54 to +0.02 Intelligence (mean -0.5954)
+0 to +2.29 Ignorance (mean +0.3662)
-1 to -0 Compliance (mean -0.0780)
-3.54 to -0 Safety (mean -0.1875)
-1.07 to +0.35 Lifespan (mean -0.0116)
-1.67 to +1.66 Ideological Radicality (mean -0.0642)
-43.87 to +101.47 Defense Forces (mean +15.9713)
-1.55 to -0 Pacifism (mean -0.0897)
+0 to +5 Economic Freedom (mean +1.2498)
-0.41 to +1.36 Taxation (mean +0.1469)
-1.17 to +0.94 Freedom From Taxation (mean -0.2097)
-150.85 to -0 Authoritarianism (mean -30.8665)
-0.04 to +1.86 Employment (mean +0.1806)
-7.31 to +87.46 Public Transport (mean +6.4982)
-16.45 to +1.87 Tourism (mean -1.7169)
+0 to +0.14 Weaponization (mean +0.0058)
+0 to +0.24 Recreational Drug Use (mean +0.1182)
+0 to +0.47 Obesity (mean +0.0448)
-0.19 to +14.23 Charmlessness (mean +0.2255)
-1.66 to +1.67 Averageness (mean +0.0642)
-1.47 to +1.16 Human Development Index (mean +0.1088)
-46.76 to -0 Primitiveness (mean -6.6006)
+0 to +52.15 Scientific Advancement (mean +5.9531)
-2097.66 to +2042.18 Average Income (mean -149.2872)
-3767.2 to +613.74 Average Income of Poor (mean -789.5291)
-1077 to +43110 Average Income of Rich (mean +3636.6615)
-7.51 to +252.09 Public Education (mean +19.4774)
+0 to +1.28 Crime (mean +0.0585)
-0.58 to +28.2 Foreign Aid (mean +1.6415)
-1879.5 to +1356.04 Average Disposable Income (mean -171.6429)
-0.05 to +1.94 Food Quality (mean +0.4264)
sometimes adds notability: punitive income tax rates
sometimes adds notability: spontaneously combusting cars
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2. paper and ink publications are subsidised by the government to keep them in the black
used to be "the newspaper industry is subsidised by the government in order to keep it afloat" |
+0 to +5.34 Economy (mean +0.9385)
-5.09 to +0.04 Death Rate (mean -0.1844)
-37.36 to +54.92 Eco-Friendliness (mean -0.3354)
-72.61 to +238.51 Industry: Automobile Manufacturing (mean +2.9769)
-71.12 to +147.87 Industry: Cheese Exports (mean +0.2126)
-80.68 to +176.16 Industry: Basket Weaving (mean +1.1581)
-154.92 to +384.75 Industry: Information Technology (mean -4.0824)
-154.31 to +139.22 Industry: Pizza Delivery (mean -13.7043)
-81.18 to +131.07 Industry: Trout Fishing (mean -0.3243)
-164.04 to +291.87 Industry: Arms Manufacturing (mean -1.9747)
-90.33 to +232.62 Sector: Agriculture (mean -1.9689)
-58.18 to +63.73 Industry: Beverage Sales (mean -4.1068)
-68.3 to +160.94 Industry: Timber Woodchipping (mean +0.0811)
-74.47 to +281.85 Industry: Mining (mean -0.1718)
-42.43 to +99.2 Industry: Insurance (mean +3.4349)
-78.34 to +198.66 Industry: Furniture Restoration (mean +0.8740)
-69.79 to +171 Industry: Retail (mean -8.2867)
+282 to +1479.15 Industry: Book Publishing (mean +866.8222)
-117.29 to +61.32 Industry: Gambling (mean -5.0121)
-176.64 to +615.1 Sector: Manufacturing (mean +2.1601)
+0 to +0.14 Government Size (mean +0.0510)
-47.1 to +152.99 Welfare (mean +1.6353)
-54.31 to +105.92 Public Healthcare (mean -0.3889)
-46.31 to +119.05 Law Enforcement (mean +1.8003)
+1.43 to +223.03 Business Subsidization (mean +123.2419)
+0 to +1.57 Intelligence (mean +0.5896)
-3.34 to -0 Ignorance (mean -0.3854)
-0.08 to +0.56 Lifespan (mean +0.1021)
-56.43 to +133.38 Defense Forces (mean +1.0288)
-0.92 to +0.04 Taxation (mean -0.0683)
-0.38 to +0.56 Freedom From Taxation (mean +0.0110)
-0.01 to +0.24 Employment (mean +0.0533)
-22.1 to +53.44 Public Transport (mean +0.7631)
-0.25 to -0 Recreational Drug Use (mean -0.1499)
-0.03 to -0 Obesity (mean -0.0018)
-0.03 to +1.08 Human Development Index (mean +0.3987)
+163.3 to +4290.15 Average Income (mean +979.1181)
+3.45 to +3075.92 Average Income of Poor (mean +525.2085)
+245 to +6954 Average Income of Rich (mean +2134.2500)
-76.09 to +180.45 Public Education (mean +0.9699)
-16.84 to +22 Foreign Aid (mean -0.3475)
-164.68 to +2968.79 Average Disposable Income (mean +611.3992)
+0 to +0.06 Food Quality (mean +0.0092)
sometimes removes notability: punitive income tax rates
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| 3. daily newspapers are permitted to run only pro-government stories |
-13.6 to -0 Civil Rights (mean -2.4672)
-1.12 to +0.42 Economy (mean -0.4328)
-10.88 to -0 Political Freedom (mean -3.7000)
-0.48 to -0 Wealth Gaps (mean -0.1144)
-0.04 to +0.11 Death Rate (mean +0.0020)
-0.66 to +24.67 Eco-Friendliness (mean +6.6232)
+0 to +10.2 Social Conservatism (mean +2.2588)
-22.5 to -0 Nudity (mean -3.3500)
-9.77 to +61.5 Industry: Automobile Manufacturing (mean +8.0336)
-6.07 to +73.79 Industry: Cheese Exports (mean +8.2572)
-12.16 to +39.39 Industry: Basket Weaving (mean +8.1608)
-4.76 to +114.19 Industry: Information Technology (mean +24.4136)
-81.26 to +19.42 Industry: Pizza Delivery (mean -18.5068)
-30.36 to +49.34 Industry: Trout Fishing (mean +7.5068)
-23.52 to +157.27 Industry: Arms Manufacturing (mean +28.9768)
-0.4 to +35.76 Sector: Agriculture (mean +7.4784)
-1.12 to +18.01 Industry: Beverage Sales (mean +2.6244)
-20.35 to +29.31 Industry: Timber Woodchipping (mean +8.0888)
-0.47 to +59.95 Industry: Mining (mean +11.5452)
-3.14 to +45.16 Industry: Insurance (mean +5.5456)
-7.13 to +35.96 Industry: Furniture Restoration (mean +6.5844)
+0 to +84.85 Industry: Retail (mean +15.8076)
-1370.95 to -87.29 Industry: Book Publishing (mean -736.3060)
-0.03 to +184.3 Industry: Gambling (mean +35.5192)
-45.44 to +183.79 Sector: Manufacturing (mean +45.1720)
-5.28 to +33.11 Welfare (mean +8.2392)
-4.62 to +48.23 Public Healthcare (mean +11.8252)
-2.97 to +60.13 Law Enforcement (mean +14.4844)
-0.66 to +28.22 Business Subsidization (mean +9.9628)
+0 to +0.51 Income Equality (mean +0.2512)
-20.78 to +0.07 Rudeness (mean -3.7572)
-4.38 to -0 Intelligence (mean -1.5376)
+0 to +7.01 Ignorance (mean +1.3564)
+0.57 to +2.45 Political Apathy (mean +1.7012)
-0.4 to +0.13 Compliance (mean -0.0288)
-9.18 to -0 Safety (mean -2.2520)
-0.13 to +0.08 Lifespan (mean +0.0040)
-4.57 to +6.33 Ideological Radicality (mean +0.1368)
-8.25 to +89.43 Defense Forces (mean +16.2824)
-0.16 to +3.48 Pacifism (mean +0.5532)
-0.84 to -0.11 Economic Freedom (mean -0.5792)
+0.03 to +0.97 Taxation (mean +0.3844)
-0.8 to -0.11 Freedom From Taxation (mean -0.5288)
+0.03 to +5.76 Corruption (mean +1.8668)
-2.8 to -0.07 Integrity (mean -0.3944)
+7.06 to +469.83 Authoritarianism (mean +133.2024)
-1.01 to +0.25 Employment (mean -0.2192)
-1.98 to +24.12 Public Transport (mean +6.9624)
-44.35 to +32.98 Tourism (mean -0.6556)
-0.42 to +0.05 Weaponization (mean -0.0176)
-29.1 to +0.32 Recreational Drug Use (mean -3.0404)
-0.08 to -0 Obesity (mean -0.0248)
-1.02 to +4.52 Charmlessness (mean +0.3124)
-6.33 to +4.57 Averageness (mean -0.1368)
-0.24 to +0.18 Human Development Index (mean -0.0872)
-1037.08 to +282.73 Average Income (mean -433.2968)
-461.96 to +1071.32 Average Income of Poor (mean +11.7416)
-5063 to -443 Average Income of Rich (mean -1979.5200)
-4.95 to +55.77 Public Education (mean +15.0460)
-0.2 to +0.37 Crime (mean +0.0064)
+0 to +9 Foreign Aid (mean +1.4872)
-926.01 to +27.99 Average Disposable Income (mean -515.0724)
+5.48 to +15.24 Patriotism (mean +9.4092)
-0.52 to +0.05 Food Quality (mean -0.1628)
adds policy: State Press
sometimes removes notability: absence of drug laws
sometimes adds notability: punitive income tax rates
sometimes adds notability: restrictive gun laws
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2024-02-08
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2025-02-08
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| 4. abacus sales outpace those of the personal computer following the closure of the Internet |
-0.72 to -0.33 Civil Rights (mean -0.4956)
-1.34 to -0 Economy (mean -0.1644)
-0.79 to -0 Wealth Gaps (mean -0.2733)
-0.3 to +0.03 Death Rate (mean -0.0733)
-14.3 to +43.71 Eco-Friendliness (mean +16.8800)
+0.25 to +0.72 Social Conservatism (mean +0.4144)
-2.25 to -0 Nudity (mean -0.3611)
-134.14 to +66.83 Industry: Automobile Manufacturing (mean -48.0144)
-155.98 to -0.21 Industry: Cheese Exports (mean -47.8867)
-106.46 to -0.23 Industry: Basket Weaving (mean -66.6456)
-2917.14 to -329.26 Industry: Information Technology (mean -1702.0289)
-110.51 to +33.82 Industry: Pizza Delivery (mean -25.6522)
-191.98 to -0.08 Industry: Trout Fishing (mean -30.3644)
-144.96 to +169.86 Industry: Arms Manufacturing (mean +2.6644)
-97.14 to -0.12 Sector: Agriculture (mean -15.2189)
-163.45 to -18.22 Industry: Beverage Sales (mean -73.0244)
-124.55 to -0.14 Industry: Timber Woodchipping (mean -51.1467)
-136.9 to +77.03 Industry: Mining (mean -27.4533)
-143.83 to -0.15 Industry: Insurance (mean -21.2133)
-150.25 to -0.54 Industry: Furniture Restoration (mean -77.3889)
-58.27 to +87.39 Industry: Retail (mean +11.0344)
+284.17 to +748.59 Industry: Book Publishing (mean +506.5733)
-200.43 to -0.17 Industry: Gambling (mean -70.2967)
-319.2 to +131.32 Sector: Manufacturing (mean -111.6267)
+0.01 to +0.06 Government Size (mean +0.0233)
-27.74 to +52.78 Welfare (mean +13.5733)
-26.9 to +123.74 Public Healthcare (mean +61.8778)
-45.41 to +206.18 Law Enforcement (mean +100.6789)
-17.65 to +184.32 Business Subsidization (mean +105.5167)
+0.09 to +1.39 Income Equality (mean +0.5222)
-1.47 to -0.04 Rudeness (mean -0.8956)
-5.56 to -0.01 Intelligence (mean -1.4156)
+0.02 to +2.47 Ignorance (mean +1.4156)
+0 to +0.24 Compliance (mean +0.0611)
+0 to +1.21 Safety (mean +0.1500)
-0.11 to +0.17 Lifespan (mean +0.0533)
-0.44 to +0.5 Ideological Radicality (mean +0.0611)
-26.06 to +179.3 Defense Forces (mean +45.4211)
+0 to +0.54 Pacifism (mean +0.0711)
-2 to -0.11 Economic Freedom (mean -1.0233)
+0.04 to +1.28 Taxation (mean +0.3222)
-3.53 to -0.6 Freedom From Taxation (mean -2.1578)
+10 to +70.94 Authoritarianism (mean +45.4900)
-0.5 to +0.17 Employment (mean -0.1122)
-14.3 to +53.32 Public Transport (mean +18.8011)
-0.88 to +7.82 Tourism (mean +0.7611)
-0.04 to -0 Weaponization (mean -0.0111)
-0.37 to +0.3 Recreational Drug Use (mean -0.0089)
-0.12 to -0 Obesity (mean -0.0433)
+0 to +0.84 Environmental Beauty (mean +0.3100)
-0.48 to +0.15 Charmlessness (mean +0.0067)
-0.5 to +0.44 Averageness (mean -0.0611)
-0.46 to +0.06 Human Development Index (mean -0.0544)
+34.62 to +53.22 Primitiveness (mean +42.9578)
-90.98 to -30.95 Scientific Advancement (mean -50.5944)
-3203.73 to -478.76 Average Income (mean -1201.9522)
-574.83 to +1058.48 Average Income of Poor (mean +380.5444)
-18007 to -812 Average Income of Rich (mean -7575.8889)
-37.83 to +150.64 Public Education (mean +53.6289)
-0.87 to -0 Crime (mean -0.1089)
-12.61 to +29.4 Foreign Aid (mean +7.1233)
-3341.82 to -251.04 Average Disposable Income (mean -884.2189)
+0 to +0.03 Patriotism (mean +0.0111)
-1.21 to -0 Food Quality (mean -0.2100)
adds policy: No Internet
sometimes removes notability: absence of drug laws
removes notability: digital currency
sometimes adds notability: hatred of cheese
sometimes adds notability: punitive income tax rates
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