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14 Jan 2025

Map of the actual size of each country

Source: Epic Maps 🗺️ @theepicmap

13 Jan 2025

An interesting Graph📈

The US has a big generational divide on willingness to fight for their country if it came to a war. The young are considerably less willing to do so than the old. This is different from most other countries. Source: @rubenbmathisen on X

10 Jan 2025

The CEO of Nvidia has a legendary LinkedIn profile:

Source: Brew Markets @brewmarkets

10 Jan 2025

If you started dollar cost averaging in 2017 with just $25 a week, your $10,450 invested would have returned:

⛏️ Gold: $16,770.50 🏦 Stocks: $15,339.39 🔥 Bitcoin: $123,386.57 Disclaimer: Past results do not guarantee future returns Source: Bitcoin Magazine

10 Jan 2025

Storytelling is a high ROI skill.

But it's massively overlooked (in life and business). 11 storytelling tips to accelerate your career by Ben Meer @SystemSunday on X:

10 Jan 2025

There have been many definitions of fiscal dominance over the years, but one that explains it well comes from Daniel J. Ford:

"Fiscal dominance is an economic condition that occurs when a country’s debt and deficit levels are sufficiently high that monetary policy ceases to be an effective tool for controlling inflation. In fact, persistently high interest rates in an environment of perpetually large deficits actually risk exacerbating inflation". Another definition: "Fiscal dominance occurs when fiscal deficits become as significant as, or more important than, private sector lending and monetary policy in driving economic activity". Source: Lyn Alden

7 Jan 2025

Bitcoin vs. fiat

Source: ₿itcoinTeddy @Bitcoin_Teddy Disclaimer: These are not investment recommendations. Cryptoasset investments can be complex and high risk.

7 Jan 2025

#leadership

Source: Robertson Hunter Stewart

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