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I started this thread 12 years ago, and as far as I know, I was the first person who argued that the bell beaker was a cultural phenomenon and not an ethnic culture. This was confirmed by many genetic studies. Someone created a map of the Bell Beaker complex showing the Y-DNA frequency in each...

Yes. There is little relationship between the employment rate and unemployment rate. The latter only includes people officially looking for a job. Women who stay at home are not officially looking for a job, but are also not officially part of the workforce. In countries where more women stay at...

This chart is the working hours per worker. The one I posted is the working hours per adult (including people who do not work for any reason). Italy has the lowest employment rate in the EU at 62.5% of the working-age population. That's why the working hours per adult are so low. Italy's...

People in middle-income developing countries tend to work the longest hours. The richer a country becomes, the less people work so that they can enjoy their life. A good example of this is Italy, where the current average is 15 hours per week per worker. In the U.S. people still work like the...

You reach for your morning coffee not just for the caffeine kick, but because something about that first cup just feels good. New research published in Nature Communications has finally uncovered what's really happening: your coffee is reshaping your gut microbiome, which in turn is talking...

The data is from Eurostat (Jan 2001 → Jan 2025). Unfortunately, they do not differentiate between European and non-European immigrants. So in some countries the change may be due in great part to increased mobility within the European Union. For example, 51% of the population of Luxembourg is...

As the Economic LongWave, puts it “When a society confuses debt-fueled asset inflation with genuine wealth creation.” The latest data shows that property prices in Canada have already fallen by 40% since the bubble's peak in 2022.

When Property Becomes an Obsession: Australia, Canada, and the Ghost of Bubbles Past A comparative look at the four biggest real estate speculation stories of our time Few economic phenomena grip a society quite like a property bubble. Housing stops being a place to live and becomes the...

A new meta-analysis was just published analyzing the impact of alcohol on health: Health effects associated with alcohol consumption: a Burden of Proof study The key finding is that alcohol's health effects are not uniform: there is clear, consistent risk for cancer at any level of consumption...

The United Kingdom is an outlier regarding foreign communication prices. One of the few countries where prices keep increasing steadily year after year. In the United States (see chart above) and most of the EU price tend to decrease over time.

A sweeping new meta-analysis draws a clear line between helicopter parenting and rising rates of anxiety and depression in young people — but the story is more nuanced than it first appears. Every generation of parents wants to do better than the last. We hover over homework, negotiate with...

Another chart from the economist showing how Brexit has dramatically increased overall immigration. This is what low IQ populism looks like. As a result, the percentage of British people leaving the UK has doubled since Brexit. No other European country has its population being replaced more...

Price changes in the UK Price changes in the US I couldn't find similar charts for other countries, but the trend for many consumer products, it's probably the same in most countries. Electronics and toys have become considerably cheaper over the last 25 years. Clothing, furniture...

It could be argued that countries that get richer with more economic inequality have failed society as a whole. The point is not to make a small elite much richer than the rest of the country. This is the typical plight of developing countries but also the United States. In Europe, the United...

Percentage of illiteracy in Spain in 1877. Castile & Leon and La Rioja were the most educated regions by far.

New research reveals that a parent's unspoken attitude toward emotional expression — not just their actions — can quietly shape a child's well-being and the bond they share. Introduction Picture a common scene: your child bursts into tears over a minor frustration, or flies into a rage...

Migratory history of Iranian people since the Yamna culture.

Since you are apparently more of a financial expert than the financial times, how do you explain that business investment in the UK stalled exactly from the time Theresa May chose to formally notify the EU of the country's intention to withdraw from the EU referendum in 2017 and has never...

The World's Happiest Cities This chart comes from the Happy City Index. Based on 64 indicators across six dimensions, the Index highlights cities that combine quality of life, sustainability and long-term development strategies. It covers 251 cities in developed countries. In the world...

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