High school degrees offer far less in the way of preparation for work than they might, or than many other nations currently offer, creating a growing skills gap in our economy.

Sweden has done more than other nations to close the gender gap.

Craft work has higher status in nations like Germany, which invests in apprenticeship (學徒) programs for high school students.

Then, in 1973, the predominantly Arab nations of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) resolved to stop selling oil to the United States.