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What Country has the Most Unsustainable Debt? (hint: not Greece)
When a country experiences slower economic growth, the government receives less in tax revenue and therefore has to borrow money to keep up the delivery of essential services. Any funds borrowed...
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Are Today’s Billionaires Born or Self-Made? This Map Shows You the Answer
Every nation must have someone who is the wealthiest, and everyone who vies for this honor is faced with the same daunting question: How? You’ve likely heard that wealth comes from hard work, but...
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The U.S. Spends $35 Billion Helping Out The World… But Where Does All this...
The United States provided approximately $35 billion in economic aid to over 140 countries* in fiscal year 2014. In the map below the relative size of each country is proportionate to the aid received...
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This 3D Map Visualizes the U.S. Economy in a New Way
The U.S. Department of Commerce and its Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) recently released its statistics on gross domestic product (GDP) by metropolitan area for 2014. The BEA determines the...
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The U.S. Spends $5.9 Billion on Foreign Military Financing. Guess What 2...
According to the U.S. State Government 2013-2015 Foreign Assistance report, an estimated $5.9 billion was spent on foreign military funding alone in fiscal year 2014. This is equivalent to 17% of the...
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Visualizing the U.S. Growing (and Shrinking) Economies in a 3D Map
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) recently released its statistics on gross domestic product by metropolitan area for 2014, which we previously analyzed here. The data included insightful...
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The Majority of Millennials Have $1,000 or Less in Savings
Millennials are projected to number 75.3 million for 2015, surpassing a projected 74.9 million for Baby Boomers. The Millennials will therefore comprise a greater percentage of the population than Baby...
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Are America's Richest Born or Made? This Map Gives You the Answer
The map below shows the top self-made and top inheritance wealths, and how they were made, giving each a “self-made score” between 1-10 which was created by Forbes to illustrate the degree to which...
View ArticleThis Video Shows The Greatest Economic Collapses in History
The very first major economic collapse in recorded history occurred in 218-202 BC when the Roman Empire experienced money troubles after the Second Punic War. As a result, bronze and silver currencies...
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This GIF Shows The Explosion of Student Loan Debt in the Past Decade
Can you guess how much of the U.S. population has student debt? According to The Institute for College Access & Success, 7 in 10 seniors (69%) who graduated from public and nonprofit colleges in...
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