Map: Ur, Babylon, and the Ancient Middle East – Every Year
If you have every wondered why there are 60 seconds in a minute and not 100, you can thank the Sumerians
Image: The Sandvik Fiord
Hans Fredrik Gude – (1825-1903)
The Most Important Number for the US Economy
The number of people receiving unemployment benefits
Image: The Band Aid
If deficits don’t matter why are we paying taxes?
Jim Grant: Fed and Treasury Challenging the Very Notion of Scarcity
‘We’re running out of road’
Map: All the Solid Land in the Solar System
Earth actually possesses the largest solid surface area in the solar system
The Only Realistic Way out of This Mess
They will print the money
Grant Williams: Heading for Extreme Outcomes, Monetary Reset
“The ingredients that you needed for a reset of the monetary system… were basically social unrest, political unrest, and financial unrest”
Image: Row Boat in Stormy Seas
19th Century Dutch artist Cornelis Springer (1817-1891)
How the Tech Giants Make Their Billions
The four biggest tech companies in the US (Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet) are now worth more than all publicly listed stocks in Japan combined