Map of the Day: Everyday of World War II in the Pacific
The changing front lines of the Pacific Theater of World War II
Image of the Day: Biplane Flies by Pyramids in a Dust Storm
By famous aerial photographer Alfred Buckham
The Tariffs China Actually Imposes on the US
China’s weighted average import tariff on goods from the US is twice as high as vice-versa
Taps Coogan: 36% of the US National Debt Is Accumulated Interest
Only 45% of the national debt went to spending on actual programs. The rest went to interest payments and rolling the debt over with new debt
The Poverty Rate of Every County in the US
With a poverty rate of 53.9%, Oglala Lakota County, part of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, is the poorest county in the US
Swiss Households Are Now the Most Indebted in the World
Boosting economic growth by keeping interest rates too low creates bubbles that inevitably pop in destructive ways
How Much Every State Pays for Electricity
The cost of electricity varies widely around the US with a kilowatt-hour (kWh) in Hawaii costing households three and a half times as much as in Louisiana
Map of the Day: the Rise and Fall of the Spanish Empire
The Spanish Empire began almost immediately after Columbus’s discovery of the New World in 1492
Image of the Day: Abu Simbel Temple
A photo of the Abu Simbel Temple, taken in the late 19th century
The Other Reason for the Stock Market Rally: Stock Scarcity
The end result is fewer companies controlled by fewer shares owned by fewer increasingly wealthy people, none of which seems symptomatic of a healthy underlying economy