war-is-getting-closer

Photo: Ux Gun on UnsplashAntonio NavalónOne needs to dig into the stormy summer months of 1939 to discover and recover one of the great sayings of the 20th century, emanating from the mind and experiences of Winston Churchill. When...

the-ideal-political-system-according-to-artificial-intelligence

Image: on https://www.simplilearn.com/artificial-intelligence-stats-articleThere is much talk about populism, democracy, conservatives, neoliberals, progressives, independents, no labels, republicans, autocrats, libertarians, authoritarians, totalitarians, infallible Iman, anarchists, supreme leaders, tyranny, and many other schisms. Monarchical regimes are fading away and constrained in their...

on-the-eve-of-2024

Image: smshoot on iStockWars, polarization, and uncertainty reign in the immediate future.None of the forecasts at the beginning of the year* alerted us to the outcomes we experienced. The widely anticipated recession didn't happen; the U.S. economy is growing...

getting-out-of-the-mud

Photo: Cindy Creighton on ShutterstockFederico Reyes HerolesWe know they lie to us. They know we know they are lying to us, and… they keep on lying.How far can it go? It is difficult to say. It appears in the...

polarizaton-is-global-so

Image and data: on visualcapitalist.comPolarization around the world is increasingly present, in some cases even concerning. Politics in some countries are moved by protesting angry citizens fed up with the incompetence of their leaders. Extremists have a fertile ground...

population-migration-inflation-and-deaths

Image: on visualcapitalist.comImage: on visualcapitalist.comU.S. InflationGraphs: on bls.govImage: on nytimes.comTo read the whole document, the controls for turning pages and zooming in or out are at the bottom left corner above.Image: on ourworldindata.orgFurther Reading:https://sepgra.com/wto-downgrades-global-trade-forecast/https://sepgra.com/imf-world-economic-outlook-navigating-global-divergences-october-2023/https://sepgra.com/international-monetary-fund-managing-expectations-inflation-and-monetary-policy/https://sepgra.com/numbers-numbers-and-numbers/https://sepgra.com/top-10-countries-by-gdp-per-capita-by-region/https://sepgra.com/the-future-of-global-wealth-and-economic-growth-hangs-in-the-balance/https://sepgra.com/global-tourism-our-world-in-data/https://sepgra.com/a-desirable-inflation/https://sepgra.com/gold-past-present-and-future/https://sepgra.com/visualizations/https://sepgra.com/global-economy-second-semester-and-beyond/https://sepgra.com/imf-weak-global-economy-high-inflation-and-rising-fragmentation-demand-strong-g20-action/