This is the only magazine I read regularly, Harper’s. My lovely friend Dio gave me a subscription. My favourite bit is the Index, which is a page of sobering statistics. A sample:
Percent of the entire national income taken by the wealthiest 10% of Americans in 2007 = 50
Chance that a Chinese criminal prosecution will result in a guilty vedict = 9 in 10
And, one to think about when next you have a drink or two:
Chance that a Briton who has sent a sexually explicit text message has sent it to the wrong person = 1 in 5