From FlowingData, watch the amazing growth of Walmart and Sam’s Club across America from 1964-2010.   Starts off a little slow in the 1960s, but speeds up in the 1970s.   

Steve Hayward and Charles Hugh Smith have recently pointed to falling gasoline consumption, based on these EIA data that show a steep drop in retail gasoline sales in November and December. Some are saying that this drop in gas consumption … read more >