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The Economic History of the Last 2,000 Years in 1 Little Graph

That headline is a big promise. But here it is: The economic history of the world going back to Year […]

As U.S. Postage Rates Continue To Rise, The USPS Gives The Chinese A ‘Free Ride’

As the rates of the U.S. Postal Service continue on their precipitous ascent, how cheaply Chinese merchants are able to ship their […]

$63 Trillion of World Debt in One Visualization

By Jeff Desjardins, Visual Capitalist, $63 Trillion of World Debt in One Visualization If you add up all the money […]

What people think of every country in the world, according to Google

No matter how open-minded you consider yourself to be, you will have some sort of preconception when it comes to other […]

The geography of desperation in America

Authors: Carol Graham, Sergio Pinto, John Juneau II America today is as divided as it has ever been, in terms of incomes […]

Marijuana Consumers: Young, Well-Paid, College-Educated

As more states approve laws permitting medicinal or recreational marijuana use, a California start-up that has been described as the […]

Most valuable substances by weight

While gold is undoubtedly one of the most traded substances on earth, it also happens to be one of the […]

The Oil Market is Bigger Than All Metal Markets Combined

By Jeff Desjardins, Visual Capitalist,   Ever since the invention of the internal combustion engine, oil has been one of […]

All of the World’s Money and Markets in One Visualization

By Texas Precious Metals LLC, Millions, billions, and trillions… When we talk about the giant size of Apple, the fortune […]

Crisis Investing: How 14 Different Asset Classes Performed in Times of Distress

By Jeff Desjardins, Visual Capitalist,   History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes. This could not be truer […]