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When Evgeny Barkov owned a car, the 31-year-old software vendor often watched with disgust from his window in Moscow. His property was unused for more than ninety percent of the time, while he was sucking up money and giving him… Continue Reading →
Deteriorating economic and political tensions between the world's superpowers in the coming year, but also extreme weather conditions and failure to implement and adhere to climate change policy in the next 10 years are the biggest threats to nearly 1,000… Continue Reading →
The top 25 largest insurance companies in the world, through booked net premiums (NPW) and non-banking assets, has been disclosed by the global rating agency A.M. Best. The United States-based health insurance giant, United Health Group Incorporated, has taken the… Continue Reading →
Before the next Hurricane Harvey strikes and thousands of homes are damaged or destroyed, some lawmakers in Texas want communities to be better prepared for future flooding across the state. On January 22, Senator Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, filed a law… Continue Reading →
Climate change is one of the most complex risks that society is facing today because of its impact on the broader economic and business landscape. Although the full impact of climate change has yet to be realized, environmental issues such… Continue Reading →
During a period from the 1980s to the beginning of the 2000s, "microcredit" made a huge impact on international development. The idea was pretty simple: by giving a very small loan to a person living in a poor country, you… Continue Reading →
Written by Michael Snyder via the blog The Economic Collapse, If the US health care system were a country, it would have the fifth largest GDP in the world. At this stage, only the United States, China, Japan and Germany… Continue Reading →