According to new research published in the Lancet, the number of smokers worldwide reached a new high of 1.1 billion in 2019. While the share of smokers among the world population has decreased quite dramatically, global population growth nevertheless …
A look at the RAC Foundation’s Transport Price Index immediately highlights the unsustainable course public transport in the UK is on. When it comes to cost for people looking to travel by rail, bus or coach, the price increases from 2021 to 2011 are f…
Papua New Guinea, Oman and the United States are still the only countries not offering new mothers some form of paid maternity leave. Family friendly policies are important as they enable parents to balance work and home commitments more effectively wh…
What does it say about our “prosperity” if we can’t even afford to equal the purchasing power of the minimum wage paid 50 years ago? It says the 1% got the mine and the bottom 90% got the shaft.
That the era of stability has ended and a new era of increasingly chaotic volatility has begun is not on anyone’s radar as a possibility.
Bubble risks will not be resolved. Unprecedented Credit growth. An epic cycle extended by increasingly intrusive government intervention and monetary stimulus. Deepening economic maladjustment. Monetary Disorder. There are clear and ominous parallels to the “Roaring Twenties” – today in China, the U.S. and globally.
Change the incentives, and the outcomes change.
Sony’s Playstation 5 is practically flying off the shelves in the COVID-19 pandemic. The gaming console has been perpetually out of stock at most retailers. The company’s analysis of the first five months of sales shows that the new generation Playstat…
Mobility was one of the losers of the coronavirus pandemic as people stayed home more and skipped vacations. One little subsector of the field, however, found its time to shine during lockdowns and quarantine: Bike-sharing. According to the Statista Mo…
Despite all his love, spoiling and splurging, a new U.S. father will actually get to spend far less time connecting with his son or daughter than fathers in other countries. The U.S. is well known for having a complete lack of paid maternity leave for …