Art: on imf.orgInflation around the world reached multidecade highs in 2022. While headline inflation has since come down, core measures are proving stickier. The high inflation experience of the last two years could engender persistently high inflation expectations, complicating...
Image: on playbill.comThe title of the letter is from a Broadway play many years ago.Many people today feel that everything is terrible, with wars dragging on indefinitely, inept and corrupt governments in most parts of the world, non-existent leadership,...
Image: Honey Yanibel Minaya Cruz on UnsplashRicardo Pascoe PierceThe United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting was held last week in an atmosphere of global realignments. The leaders' speeches (3 women among men) from multiple countries expressed opinions on common...
Graph and data: on visualcapitalist.comThere are many ways to measure different economies against one another, but comparing countries by GDP per capita remains one of the most tried-and-true methods.GDP per capita attempts to level the playing field by dividing...
Photo: on presidente.gob.mxRiccardo Pascoe PierceAMLO invited the countries closest to his heart to the September 16, 2023, military parade. All are ruled by dictatorships: Russia, China, Cuba and Nicaragua. Instead of being a parade commemorating a heroic deed in...
Image: on visualcapitalist.comWhat Powered the World in 2022?This was originally posted on Elements.In 2022, 29,165.2 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity was generated around the world, an increase of 2.3% from the previous year.In this visualization, we look at data from...
Image: Elnur on ShutterstockLuis RubioIndia advances uncontainably but in an exceedingly peculiar manner, deftly skirting the obstacles imposed upon it inexorably by its extraordinary linguistic, religious, and ethnic diversity. An extraordinarily complex and stratified society coming up against enormous...