Chart of the Day: Global Change in 12 Key Metrics Since 1965
How long can agricultural productivity grow if the area available for farming and the amount of fertilizer applied appears to have hit a ceiling?
Image of the Day: Winter Moon
Hasui Kawase – Winter Moon
Bill Gross: Market’s Best Days Are Behind It
“I think the double digit increases are over simply because the credit cycle itself is pulling back”
Map of the Day: Every Day of World War I
The following video shows the changing front lines of World War I, every day from July 28th 1914 until November 11th 1918
The Euro – Help or Hindrance – Revisited
Those countries that first adopted the Euro have collectively experienced the slowest GDP growth in developed Europe
Image of the Day: Construction of the Hoover Dam
Construction of the Hoover Dam, 1934
For the First Time Since the 1800s, Global Population Won’t Double During a Typical Lifetime
Certainly this will have implications on the global economy in ways people have not experienced for a very long time.
Image of the Day: Villa by the Sea
Arnold Böcklin – Villa by the Sea – 1878
George Friedman on NAFTA’s Future
The idea that these countries are helpless against whatever the United States does, really isn’t true
How Indebted is Your State?
As the following charts show, the indebtedness of US states varies widely