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How Apple’s iPhone changed the world: 10 years in 10 charts
Apple’s first iPhone was released 10 years ago this week — on June 29, 2007. While it wasn’t the first smartphone, it leapfrogged far beyond the competition and launched the mobile revolution. Few industries or societies have been left unchanged. Here are 10 charts...
Animated Map: The 20 Most Populous Cities in the World by 2100
If you look at a modern map of the world’s most populous cities, you’ll notice that they are quite evenly distributed around the globe. Metropolises like Moscow, New York, Tokyo, Cairo, or Rio de Janeiro are spread apart with very different geographic and cultural...
Chart: Where is Global Growth Happening?
According to forecasts from earlier this year by the World Bank, the global economy is expected to average a Real GDP growth rate of 2.8% between 2017-2019. But where will this growth actually happen? Is it in giant countries that are growing at a stable 2% clip, or...
$20 Trillion of U.S. Debt Visualized Using Stacks of $100 Bills
For most people, our experiences in everyday life are with using lower numbers like one, two, or ten. We not only comprehend what it means to buy five apples, but we can also visualize exactly what that might look like. In other words, these are numbers that fall...
Chart: Here’s How 5 Tech Giants Make Their Billions
Please see (the chart of the week here)... Published By: Visual Capital
When ‘Enough’ Doesn’t Have to Mean ‘More’
In retirement, a writer’s life, once filled with competition, gives way to contentment. Robbie Schell wrote this article reflecting on retirement and the mind set needed to succeed at it. Read Full Article Here... Written By: Robbie Schell Published By: www.wsj.com
2nd Quarter 2017 IWM Insights Newsletter
2nd Quarter 2017 IWM Insights Newsletter (click here)...
The U.S. Spends More Public Money on Healthcare Than Sweden or Canada
The underlying challenges in fixing U.S. healthcare may be multi-faceted and complex, but the overall diagnosis is clear: costs are out of control. According to a 2015 health report using data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), per...