Twelve years ago today my ENT called saying a pathologist confirmed I had a squamous cell carcinoma. Days later my oncologist gave me a 45% chance of surviving five years. And yet I am still here, ...

When my ENT said, “We need to get you a fine-needle aspiration as soon as possible,” I immediately knew that I was entering a different chapter in my life. Nine years on, it is clear that my neck ...

The role of imports in GDP—Gross Domestic Product—confuses many people. The current political discussion about tariffs has triggered some of the misunderstanding. This article aims to help business ...

Paul Allin is a member of the UK National Statistician's Expert User Advisory Committee and he is the Royal Statistical Society's Honorary Officer for National Statistics. Views expressed in this ...

GDP is an estimate of the value of the goods and services produced in the United States. It is not a comprehensive measure of well-being, nor is it the only critical indicator of the economy. Because ...