Written by 
Every week with VC+ we take a visual deep dive into the topics that matter. Our latest edition offers a comparison of economies, including: 🌍 Which countries with similar populations have vastly different economies 🗺️ Where neighboring nations show striking GDP per capita gaps 📊 How U.S. states and regions dominate global economic comparisons This […]
Why Investors Should Care About the Protocol Economy Over the past decades, economic power has been concentrated in the hands of large corporations that own and benefit from controlling data and information. Decentralized blockchain networks, like Bitcoin and Ethereum, are changing that. Created in partnership with Franklin Templeton, this graphic offers visual insight into the […]
Japanese troops will begin regular deployments in northern Australia as part of military cooperation with Australia and the US, Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Sunday. Around 2,000 US Marines are already hosted in Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territory, for six months of the year amid growing concern among Washington and its […]
The World’s Least Expensive Passports This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Depending on where you live, it can cost a lot more, or a lot less, to travel the world. While passports unlock […]
There are few circumstances under which inflation can be comforting. But in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in the U.S. presidential election, one of them appears to be when it serves as an alibi for an electorate’s sharp turn toward meanness, selfishness, and a hard-edged type of identity-centered nationalism. […]
1 After the rating agency Moody’s changed the outlook for Mexico’s rating from “stable” to “negative” and ratified the note at “Baa2”, President Sheinbaum said at a press conference that the Mexican economy is quite solid. “I don’t know why there is this supposed constitutional weakening, they would have to give more arguments or evidence,” […]
It is no secret that Japan has lost ground in the artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor markets over the last five years. The COVID-19 pandemic convulsed Japanese production lines and supply chains, leaving innovation hubs and industrial complexes heavily reliant on offshore resources to fulfill demand, both for domestic consumption and for exports. To revive […]
Getty Images The UK economy barely grew between July and September, with uncertainty about the Budget being blamed for the weak growth. The economy slowed over the three-month period, growing by just 0.1%, and shrank during September itself. Labour made boosting economic growth its top priority when it came into power but Chancellor Rachel Reeves […]
The United Kingdom will study whether the use of weight loss drugs could get people back to work. UK Health Minister Wes Streeting announced last month that US drug manufacturer Eli Lilly will begin a five-year trial in Greater Manchester to test if the company’s weight loss drug could curb the UK’s unemployment crisis. The […]
Thanks to the decisive victory of US president-elect Donald Trump, we’re now set to hear a whole lot more of his favourite word. It’s something of a love affair. On the campaign trail in October, he said: To me, the most beautiful word in the dictionary is tariff. Previously, he’s matched such rhetoric with real policies. […]