As an emerging market economy Brazil has a lower unemployment rate than the U.S. In May, the unemployment rate in Brazil stood at a seasonally adjusted rate of 5.4%. Unemployment has been trending downwards since the peak of over 13% in 2002 as shown in the chart below: Click to enlarge Source: Brazil’s Economic Chart Pack, …
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Interesting chart on how to improve the U.S. healthcare system: Click to Enlarge Source: Best Care at Lower Cost: The Path to Continuously Learning Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences
Forbes magazine recently published its latest list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. These companies were selected based on a factor called “The Innovation Premium”. Definition of The Innovation Premium: “The Innovation Premium is a measure of how much investors have bid up the stock price of a company above the value of its existing business …
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The Asian airline industry has experienced tremendous growth in the past few years in tandem with strong economic growth. Rising middle class with higher disposable income and eager to explore air travel has been the major driver of growth.Countries such as Indonesia, China, India, etc. with large populations have invested heavily in airport and related infrastructure upgrades in recent years. Catering to …
The U.S. spends the highest amount per capita on healthcare and gets the lowest value for it. While some portion of the total money spent goes to unnecessary “defensive” medical procedures performed by doctors and other healthcare providers a large portion of the funds spent is actually wasted on paperwork. In fact, the healthcare industry …
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