Statistics know everything

For example, that Russians want their spouses to be faithful to them. A survey conducted by the ROMIR center indicates that our citizens have the same understanding of family happiness. It turns out that 70.9% of respondents are convinced that marital fidelity is very important for a happy marriage, another 24.5% of Russians consider it “quite important.” Only 3.5% of respondents hold the opposite opinion. Mutual respect and support are very important for 67.7% of citizens, understanding and tolerance - for 61.4% of survey participants.
About how to turn adultery into a business, see the section “Profitable Business”, page 16.

Or, for example, that you can make good money on someone else’s car. This is well known to car thieves. Even FBI specialists are involved in the fight against this “business.” Last year, 1.4 million cars worth $8 billion were stolen in the United States. About 447 thousand cars never returned to their owners. The FBI and US Customs Service estimate that 200,000 undetected cars are shipped overseas, and only 14% of car thefts are followed by the arrest of the car thief.
About how you can make money on other people’s cars in a completely legal way, see the “Big Business” section, page 28.

Or, for example, that children of smoking mothers become criminals. This unexpected discovery was made by an international team of researchers. They came to this conclusion after studying the records of 4,169 male criminals born in Copenhagen between September 1959 and December 1961 and arrested by the age of 34. Scientists have also found that complications during childbirth are also important. It turned out that the mothers of more than 25% of men arrested for violent crimes smoked heavily and had complications during childbirth. According to some experts, tobacco smoke may contain chemical compounds that can provoke antisocial behavior.
For information about what else is contained in tobacco smoke, see the “Tobacco” appendix, page 59.

Or, for example, that the Internet becomes a sign of belonging to a certain social group. Sociologists say that very soon the world will be divided not into rich and poor, but into those connected to the Internet and those not connected. In the US, only one in four households have internet access. Most of those deprived of this pleasure are rural residents, especially if they are of Spanish or African-American origin. All Americans with an income of more than $75 thousand a year use Internet services.
About the man who contributed to the growth of the popularity of the Internet - in the Story section, page 39.

The column is led by ANNA RABIN

Magazine "Kommersant Money" No. 7 dated February 23, 2000, page 58

Authors:

Anna Rabina