On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684800012?ie=UTF8&tag=craiggoldwync-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0684800012) can all too easily numb, but occasionally a few very simple numbers are worth pondering a bit more closely than others. Like these three:The United States now ranks number 77 out of 142 countries in the United Nations Human Development Report (http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/indices/hdi/)'s latest estimates of income inequality--tied with Turkmenistan, Tunisia and Georgia.
We're Now Number 77 in Income Inequality (Tied With Turkmenistan) (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gar-alperovitz/were-now-number-77-in-inc_b_606784.html)