Image of the Day – Low Tide at the Weir
Tod Lindenmuth – Low Tide at the Weir Linoleum – 1920
Map of the Day: Disputed Territory
102 official border disputes around the world and associated information
Image of the Day: Endangered Economy
Via the great cartoonist Michael P. Rameriz
Government Borrowing Explains Nearly All Economic Growth in These Countries
The national debts of the UK, France, Italy, Spain, Greece, and Portugal all grew more than their respective economies from 2000 through the end of 2016
Image of the Day: Excavating the Sphinx
Circa 1850, Giza, Egypt
Is the US Dollar Losing Its Reserve Currency Status to China?
Oil is a small fraction of the global goods trade which is, in turn, a tiny fractional of financial markets
Image of the Day – Covered Alley in Atrani
M.C. Escher, Covered Alley in Atrani, 1931
Wolf Richter on the Brick and Mortar Meltdown and Over-Indebtedness
There is a huge amount of debt already out there and it is increasingly difficult to add to it for various reasons
Median Home Prices: Work vs Gold
Taken together, these data sets show that ‘work’ has been an increasingly futile way to finance a home
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