Knowledge is Power: Federal Tax Dollars, German Lessons, Brazil Edition

Nationalised family, privatised state U.S. poverty rates higher, safety net weaker than in peer countries How democracy begins: Evidence from colonial British America Policy Basics: Where Do Our Federal Tax Dollars Go? German lessons 36 weird economic indicators that you’ve never heard of How to profit from Brazil’s infrastructure splurge Musee du Louvre, Paris, France

China’s Share of Global Population vs. GDP, Oil Demand and Commodity Demand

The world’s total population was about 6.9 billion in 2011 out of which 1.3 billion people live in China. So about one in five people in the world are Chinese. But China’s population has been declining since the mid 1970s primarily due to the country’s One-Child Policy. According to one estimate, by 2050 India is …

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Knowledge is Power: Aussie banks, Super-Cycle, Recovery Edition

Commodities – beyond the super-cycle When was it obvious our recovery would be so slow? (questions that are rarely asked) When a bubble is not a bubble Aussie banks worth more than Europe’s combined Think twice before jumping on gold’s bandwagon Long Term Unemployment is the Crisis of Our Time Where Are You in the …

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