The exponential rise of globalization in the past few decades has created winners and losers. Some of the losers are workers in the developed countries.Winners include corporations, capitalists, farmers, etc, in these countries. In addition, one of the biggest beneficiaries of globalization is the millions of workers in developing countries. As the middle-class workers in the rich …

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The US National Park Service (NPS) celebrated its 100th year anniversary on August 25, 2016. The creation of the great park system has been called  called “the best idea we ever had.” by the famous writer and environmentalist Wallace Stegner. Below is a neat infographics on the parks from the WSJ: Click to enlarge Source: How Economical …

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Wealth distribution or lack thereof varies across OECD countries. The US is the most unequal country in terms of household wealth distribution among the select countries shown in the chart below: Click to enlarge Source: OECD The richest 10% of the Americans own more than 75% of the total household net wealth.Crony capitalism, regulatory capture, …

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