If GDP and the stock market don't fully capture the economic health of the U.S. and its citizens, what numbers should we be watching? What are the key performance indicators for the country, and the most important numbers for the future of the world? Those are the central questions on this final episode of Numbers Geek, the podcast that GeekWire has produced in partnership with Steve Ballmer and USAFacts, the former Microsoft CEO's non-partisan, not-for-profit civic data initiative. We'll hear a variety of perspectives, starting with the data-driven presidential hopeful Andrew Yang, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, conservative author and CNN commentator Amanda Carpenter, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and many more, including audience submissions. Thanks for listening to Numbers Geek!

<p>If GDP and the stock market don't fully capture the economic health of the U.S. and its citizens, what numbers should we be watching? What are the key performance indicators for the country, and the most important numbers for the future of the world? Those are the central questions on this final episode of Numbers Geek, the podcast that GeekWire has produced in partnership with Steve Ballmer and <a href="https://usafacts.org/">USAFacts</a>, the former Microsoft CEO's non-partisan, not-for-profit civic data initiative. We'll hear a variety of perspectives, starting with the data-driven presidential hopeful Andrew Yang, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, conservative author and CNN commentator Amanda Carpenter, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and many more, including audience submissions. Thanks for listening to Numbers Geek!</p>

Numbers Geek is the podcast where we use numbers and data to make sense of the world.  We take on issues from education to politics to basketball and beyond — with leaders in business, tech and entertainment. Our resident Numbers Geek is Steve Ballmer,  the former Microsoft CEO and current owner of the L.A. Clippers.  Numbers Geek is a GeekWire podcast, produced in partnership with USAFacts, the nonprofit data initiative founded by Ballmer.

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