Comparing California to other states has become a common exercise among politicians, academicians and in the media. So how does California really shape up?
The gap in income between rich and poor people and blacks and whites has grown in California over the last 20 years, according to a report from nonprofit Next 10 in San Francisco.
This week, Next 10, a San-Francisco based non-profit, launched a website called Compare50.org for researching economic data on California and other states.
A new first of its kind website tracks can immediately compare key economic indicators for every state and let users track and compare dozens of economic trends over time. The website is the latest product of the Oakland-based nonprofit nonpartisan organization Next 10.
Curious about job growth in your state? GSP? How incomes in your state compare to those in other states? A new first of its kind website tracks each of these key economic indicators, and more, allowing users to track and compare dozens of economic trends over time in all 50 states.
We've heard all about the benefits of big data and the promise of being able to pull together data from disparate, far-flung sources into a single interface from which users can quickly and easily slice, dice, and combine any which way to yield useful, digestible information.
Nonpartisan summaries of the state ballot measures, plus comprehensive lists of supporters and opponents, can be found on a website from the Next 10 organization and government experts at UC Berkeley and UC San Diego.
