Here are a few excerpts from the latest edition of Harper's Index:
• Number of U.S. retail jobs Doritos Locos tacos created in the past year, according to Taco Bell: 15,000
• Number of retail jobs created worldwide by Apple in that same period: 400
• Percentage of college professors teaching online courses who do not believe students should receive credit for them: 72
• Number of bills strengthening gun control that have been signed into law since the Sandy Hook shooting: 14
• Number weakening gun control: 37
• Percentage of criminal suspects asked to waive their Miranda rights and speak to police who do so: 84
• Number of early deaths in China in 2010 that have been attributed to air pollution: 1,200,000
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