The 80/20 Rule

Pareto's Principle, or the 80/20 Rule, describes the principle that twenty percent of a resource is responsible for eighty percent of the results. The 80/20 Rule may be applied to almost anything, from the science of management to the physical world.
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Student loan debt

Nearly two-thirds of undergraduate students graduate college with some debt. As of 2007, the average federal student loan debt among graduating seniors was $19,202, according to the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study. Graduate and professional students borrow even more, with the additional debt for a graduate degree ranging from $27,000 to $114,000.
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Corporate Meetings and Incentives

"Corporate Meetings and Incentives" magazine is the senior executive's guide to decision-making. CMI explores trends in management, motivation, and incentives as they relate to how organizations successfully communicate with employees.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment practices that discriminate on the basis of sex. The law covers employers with fifteen or more employees, and prohibits sex-based discrimination in hiring, advancement, or any other terms or conditions of employment. The law also includes discrimination based on maternity, pregnancy and sexual orientation.
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Prescription drugs

According to HRAdvice.com, about 15% of employer health care costs are attributable to prescription drug plans. Prescription drug costs are the fastest rising component of medical expenditures, accounting for the largest percentage of increase in health care spending over the past several years. Most of the increase in drug costs reflect increased consumption.
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Civil Rights Act of 1964

Title VII of the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it unlawful for an employer of 15 or more employees to refuse to hire, discharge, or take action affecting an employee’s compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of the employee’s religion.
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U.S. worker productivity

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average U.S. worker in today's workplace needs to work only eleven hours per week to produce as much as one working forty hours per week in 1950.
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