Thursday , 21 November 2024

Economy

Look! We’re Peering Into An Economic Abyss!

The global economy is perched on the edge of an abyss, and averting our gaze doesn’t actually lessen the risk, it increases it because problems which aren’t faced directly and addressed directly fester and rot the system from within.

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How Wealth Is Distributed Among Countries of Different Income Levels

Every few years, the World Bank takes on the task of measuring the world's wealth that include endowments of nature, ranging from wilderness to oil wells, as well as the human capital embodied in the education and skills of its people, in addition to the more traditional measurement of based on the value of houses, or the stock market, or retirement accounts.

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As the World is on the Brink of Chaos, the Mighty Dollar is Back

In this post, we will look at how recent world events have impacted global markets. Specifically, we will address the question of why is the dollar strengthens during times of war and try to make a US dollar prediction for the near future. We will also touch on how the Ukraine crisis has impacted US dollar to GBP and US …

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Ukraine: Its Geography, Population Make-up and Economy

The modern state of Ukraine was formed nearly 30 years ago after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Since then, the country has often made headlines due to political instability and the looming threat of a Russian invasion. In the map graphic above, we examine Ukraine from a structural point of view. What’s the country’s population composition? What drives the country’s economy? And most importantly, why is the country important within a global context?

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Russia’s Economy & the Effect Of Sanctions On It

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is an effort by a relatively small country trying to use military action and threats, backed up by a nuclear arsenal, that can in no way compare in terms of resources to those it is threatening and, as such, the combined impacts of the imposed sanctions on its small economy will likely be significant and widely felt.

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