Deaths from Natural Disasters Have Declined Dramatically
This includes drought, floods, epidemics, extreme weather & temperature, landslides, extraterrestrial impacts, wildfires, volcanic activity and earthquakes
Image of the Day: the Earth and Moon
The Earth and Moon in one perfect shot
Martin Armstrong: Tax Bill Fantastic for Small Businesses
People don’t realize but American companies and citizens are taxed on worldwide income
Map of the Day: the History of the Greeks
Beginning with the Minoan Civilization in 2540 BC and running until 2016 AD
Taps Coogan: My Favorite Charts of 2017
250 posts and roughly 3,400 Top News Stories later and 2017 is in the books here at The Sounding Line
The US Has a Shortage of People Willing to Work for Current Wages, Not a Labor Shortage
There are roughly 60 million working age Americans who could work but who are not working
Lacy Hunt: Current US Economic Expansion the Worst Since 1790
If you calculate the average growth rate in the expansions since 1790, this is the slowest
South Korea Announces Plan to Clamp Down on Bitcoin
The not well understood truth about Bitcoin is that Bitcoin doesn’t provide the total anonymity many users think that it does.
Map of the Day: Putting Canada’s Population in Perspective
Half of Canadians live in an area about the size of Pennsylvania
Image of the Day: Spinnkusten Along the Sörland Coast
Hans Gude – 1872