The Coronavirus pandemic that started last year has led to the deaths of over 2.6 million worldwide so far according to data by The New York Times. In the US, 528, 692 people have died so far with total cases exceeding 29.2 million. The sad thing is though the virus originated in China, more people …
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Democracy is declining in many countries of the world according to a new report by Freedom House. The authors of report note that global freedom is on the decline for the 15th consecutive year. Click to enlarge Source: RFE/RL Infographic The chart above shows most of the world is either is not free or partly …
Minimum wages vary widely across the 27 member nations of the European Union. As expected wages are high in the western part of the EU and lower in the eastern countries. Luxembourg has the highest monthly minimum wage at 2,202 Euros whereas the lowest rate is in Bulgaria at just 332 Euros. Among the east …
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The Social Security is one of the main public pension system for retired Americans. Despite the presence of contribution-based retirement plans such as 401Ks, individual retirements plans, widespread popularity of equity investments including mutual funds, the good old social security payment from Uncle Sam supports a big portion of the living expenses of retired people. …
The following graphic shows the rating of countries based on the latest Democracy Index by The Economist Intelligence Unit. Most of Africa are authoritarian regimes. Same for most of the Middle East, Russia and China. Some of the major countries are classified as flawed democracies. These include Brazil, India, Italy, France and the US. North …
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