Who has the most nuclear assets in the Middle East? Whose power is waning, whose increasing? Updated annually, these tables of economic, demographic and military indicators establish the pecking order for 236 countries, with estimates of all nuclear arsenals including rarely published data on non-signatory nations.The author sums up what statistics in the developed world show in relation to the efficiency of private health insurance versus a ‘public option’ and whether it is true that ‘taxation stifles the economy.’