The U.S. is already $12 trillion in debt, not counting unfunded promises like Social Security and Medicare, and the current administration wants to add $1 trillion per year for the next ten years to that number. At what point does such an unstable financial system collapse?

The Health And Wealth of Nations: a series looking at alternatives to the ailing G.D.P. as a snapshot of a nation’s well-being.

A concise Comparing article comparing everything of Denmark and Mongolia.

Comparing New Zealand to Afghanistan.

I think we all know that the elderly are a problem. They can’t drive, they can’t walk at over a mile a day, and they smell of wee. Aside from causing endless disasters on the road, culling young, innocent, productive members of society they also cost millions of pounds a year in medical services, in a fruitless attempt to endlessly pre-long their drab meanness existence.

A list of the largest economies according to GDP and purchasing power.

The debate continues.

In the aftermath of World War II, Soviet Union and United States troops controlled the northern and southern halves of the country respectively. The rivals established governments leading to Korea’s division into two political entities on 1948: North Korea and South Korea.

Cause and reaction relating to government decisions on tax and investment.

Is GDP a good sign for living standards, or are there better indicators?