Where Do UK Taxes Go?
The UK is spending £39.4 billion ($52.72 billion) on interest on the national debt, more than it spends on national defense and more than it spends on culture, the environment, and housing and utilities combined
Visualizing All US Energy Consumption in One Chart
Fossil fuels represent 78.2% of all energy used in the US
Map of the Day: Territorial Map of the World
Territorial borders include not just land borders but Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) as well
Martin Armstrong: Interest Rates in EU Will Jump Higher ‘Instantaneously’
‘You have to understand that both Japan and Europe, they have completely destroyed their bond markets’
Map of the Day: The Loss of Native American Lands Within the US Every Year
The dramatic loss of Native American lands with the US
Image of the Day: Concrete Mixer
‘Concrete Mixer’ by Pawel Kucynski.
Putting the Interest on the National Debt in Perspective
The interest expense is more than the combined amount spent on food assistance for the poor plus the departments of: Homeland Security, Housing and Human Development, Energy, Justice, the State Department, NASA, Agriculture, Transportation, the Interior, and the EPA
Charles Gave: Private Sector Yield Curve Is Totally Flat
‘Every time the private sector yield curve got inverted in the past we had a big problem’
Taps Coogan: the Chinese Government Likely Borrowed More than the US in 2017
China’s total government debt growth rate is now significantly faster than in the US
Map of the Day: the Top Import of Every State in the Union
The largest foreign import, by value, for every state in the US