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Most maps are lying to you about how big Africa really is (it’s really big)

By Baindu Kallon, Global Post, The True Size of Africa by Kai Krause Ever notice how huge Greenland looks on […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 18 Aug 14 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Food for Thought, Statistics, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

11 Countries Near Bankruptcy

By Alexander E.M. Hess and Alexander Kent July 31, 2014 6:33 pm EDT After years of bitter court battles with creditors, Argentina has […]

By Aidualc | 13 Aug 14 | Also posted in Food for Thought | Comments (0)

California, New York Lead States With Immigrant Populations

By Douglas A. McIntyre  There were 40.7 million immigrants living in the United States in 2012. Of these, 11.7 million were […]

By Aidualc | 11 Aug 14 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America | Comments (0)

The West’s Reckless Rush Towards War with Russia

We’re taking big risks for unclear reasons by Chris Martenson For reasons that have no rational explanations at this time, […]

By MarketAngel | 08 Aug 14 | Also posted in Food for Thought | Comments (0)

This map shows why we must save rain forests to stop climate change

By Simeon Tegel, Global Post, Carbon geography of Peru. See further samples below. For the complete report, click here. (Courtesy […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Food for Thought, Latin America | Comments (0)

Innovation, American Entrepreneurs and the New Job Agenda

  American ingenuity. It’s the stuff of lore and legend, and it’s what drives the global economy. We literally bank […]

By MarketAngel | 04 Aug 14 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America | Comments (0)

These maps show from where the US and the EU import all their fuel

By Simran Khosla, Global Post, Using data from the World Trade Organization we created these maps to show which foreign […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Commodities, North America, Tools and Resources, Western Europe | Comments (0)

3 ways America should be more like Canada

    By Rick Newman .View photo Source: Thinkstock Its middle class is thriving, its people are universally liked and its […]

By MarketAngel | 30 Jul 14 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America | Comments (0)

Borderlands: Hungary Maneuvers

Geopolitical Weekly By George Friedman I am writing this from Budapest, the city in which I was born. I went to […]

By MarketAngel | 28 Jul 14 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought | Comments (0)

American Soccer and American Marketing

The current year of 2014 became characterized as the year of the entrance of soccer to the new level of […]

By Vladimir Vepryev | 24 Jul 14 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America | Comments (0)