1950 # Country Population(1950) WorldShare 2023Rank 1 China 543,979,233 21.8 % (2) 2 India 357,021,100 14.3 % (1) 3 United States 148,281,550 5.9 % (3) 4 Russia 102,580,107 4.1 % (9) 5 Japan 84,353,049 3.4 % (12) 6 Germany 70,964,095 2.8 % (19) 7 Indonesia …
# Country Tot. Area(Km²) Tot. Area(mi²) Land Area(Km²) Land Area(mi²) % of worldlandmass 1 Russia 17,098,242 6,601,665 16,376,870 6,323,142 11.0 % 2 Canada 9,984,670 3,855,101 9,093,510 3,511,022 6.1 % 3 China 9,706,961 3,747,877 9,388,211 3,624,807 6.3 % 4 United States 9,372,610 3,618,783 9,147,420 3,531,837 6.1 …
Time to rethink retirement When my mom passed away in 2012, my dad started to decline quickly, and my brother and I had to go through my parents’ bills and finances. Both my mom and dad worked great jobs for 50 years, but they were …
Across the globe, 2023 was yet another year of significant challenges, from the terrible ongoing wars and violence in the Middle East and Ukraine to mounting terrorist activity and growing geopolitical tensions, importantly with China. Almost all nations felt the effects last year of global …
The title of this letter was hard for me to write. Still, when I look up the definition of socialism, I find that it is when the State tries to control everything, and the bureaucracy’s tentacles get into the citizens’ decisions. Why is Washington going …
For over five years, discord, disorder, and backwardness have prevailed in Mexico of the 4 T. The country needs precisely the opposite: without harmony, order becomes difficult; without order, progress is impossible; without progress, the country exacerbates its inhabitants’ problems. It is as simple as …
The question in the title applies to both Mexico and the United States. There are countries where the answer is definitely no, such as Israel, Ukraine, Russia, or Turkey, but when focusing on the United States or Mexico, the answer is unclear, as there are …
Image: on YouTube Charlie Munger – The Architect of Berkshire Hathaway Charlie Munger died on November 28, just 33 days before his 100th birthday. Though born and raised in Omaha, he spent 80% of his life domiciled elsewhere. Consequently, it was not until 1959 when he was 35 that I first met him. In 1962, …
Executive Summary 1.- Organized crime intervenes in elections through: i) assassinations, assaults, and threats against public officials and candidates, ii) campaign financing, iii)imposition of candidates, iv) mobilization or inhibition of voting, and v) tampering with votes at polling stations.2.- Organized crime will intervene (more than …
