This post originally comes from BrainFeed.co. When Chinese leaders launched the “Great Leap Forward” in 1958, they hoped the economic campaign would bring their…
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In Fall 2000, Enron was booming. Its stock hit a new peak price of $90.56, and the USA’s 7th largest…
This post originally comes from BrainFeed.co. As oil prices skyrocketed in late 1973, economist E.F. Schumacher commented: “The party’s over”. Since the end…
On March 23rd, 2021 a container ship called the Ever Given got stuck in the Suez Canal, a crucial waterway…
This post originally comes from BrainFeed.co. The Malthusian Trap is a theory which argues that, unchecked, population growth will outpace increases in food…
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This post originally comes from BrainFeed.co. The Elephant Graph shows changes in global incomes over the 20-year period from 1988-2008. It demonstrates who…
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I accepted my internship offer at the US Securities and Exchange Commission in March 2020. Just a week later, COVID-19…