I think this is an error in perception. Germany is a poor country, measured in per capita assets/savings. We are on rank 27 of wealthy nations: List of countries by wealth ...
I once bought a trench coat with removable woolen lining for about $250. It was a HUGE amount of money for me. I was getting paid $5/hour. The coat came from funds my paren...
I understand you guys, I really do.
I know you guys don't want to control women, that it's just about whether murder is legal or not.
I know that you guys don't deny climate ...
One of my friends had a job at KFC when we were teenagers. This was back in the mid 70's. Two things he said happened. 1) The store would set aside a good portion of the ch...
Chief Mkwawa-Tanzania (then Tanganyika)
Have you ever heard about the German Schutztruppe's first stinging defeat in Africa?
Have you ever heard about the African Chief whose...
The Democrats right now are out of power not because they have drifted one way or another, but because they were lazy, complacent, and made poor bets.
First, they were lazy....
The Pro: My boss at my last Wall Street firm earned her PhD in economics from Stanford in three years. That's a very short amount of time to earn that degree and she finish...
Why doesn't Burger King sell hotdogs?
They tried, for a while. Here's what you got in your bag or on your tray.
I don't know what you see, but I see a bun that looks dried ou...
Spain has a culture of shooting itself. You can find this "flavor" everywhere. Teachers discourage students in school. People are over-taxed. You want to be self-employed?-...
The US is in decline. The US grew on cheap land and cheap resources. In the later 19th century we discovered cheap labor in the form of immigrants. World War II showed us t...
Indonesia and Turkey are thousands of miles apart but somehow some people associate these two as if they were a conjoined twins that will prosper and suffer together.
(this ...
Auguste Bartholdi chose copper as it would quickly develop a bronze-like appearance after a short time of exposure to the elements. He expected the dulled copper to take lo...
Here are some financial mistakes I have made…
Almost everyone but Republicans know that if you give money to the poor, it is quickly spent on food, clothing and shelter. It's generally returned to the economy within th...
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Wanna know one of the biggest myths of all time? Prepare to have your mind blown.
I worked for a Regal movie theater (so, what I'm about to say may not apply...
This is the story of a real-life X-Man, with a mutant power much like David Dunn, the heroic security guard in the 2000 film Unbreakable.
In 1994, a Connecticut man was invo...
Mr. Khashoggi was almost sixty and not very fit, judging by the photos. According to all of the accounts, he went to the embassy to get papers to marry his fiance. She was ...
My biggest misconception was that deals get done because of good financial analysis. At business school you frequently analyze cash flows and select as the right answer on ...
One mistake most Americans make when considering World War II is that it was fundamentally a contest between Germany and the western allies, Great Britain and France, until...
Which is the most strongest country in the world?
The Netherlands.
The Netherlands uses a bunch of dikes to hold back the sea. That's pretty strong.
Look at that, holding back...