Out of the countries shown, the UK is perhaps the most confounding. Over the data period it has experienced significant political upheaval and societal division, centered around the Brexit vote. In 2016, the statistics suggest that Britain actually became happier and has remained on this trend until the end of the data period…
August 2019
Another interesting positive side effect of the upheaval in the basic order is a realisation that leaders can break through the constraints of bureaucracy. Flouting all conventional advice, Trump’s meeting…
July 2019
Another interesting positive side effect of the upheaval in the basic order is a realisation that leaders can break through the constraints of bureaucracy. Flouting all conventional advice, Trump’s meeting…
Chart of the Week: Week 28, 2018: Imports of Machinery and Electronics from China to US vs US Employment in the Manufacturing Sector
Imports from China into the USA have increased more than sixfold in the last twenty years, with the US trade deficit with China currently at $336 billion. ‘Made in China 2025’, the Chinese government drive to dominate the global market in 10 sectors…
February 2017
The economic dislocation following the financial crisis is receding and business in general seems to have adjusted to a world of growing uncertainty on the political as well as the legislative front. Perhaps…
October 2016
For the last twenty years, we have been living in a period during which a generation has forgotten that debt has to be paid down and debt destruction, often discussed and experienced in the last century, has been forgotten about. This …