by Roman on November 29, 2010
Here is a list of TOP 10 happiest countries in the world. The basis of this list is research done by professor Ruut Veenhoven who runs the World Database of Happiness at Erasmus University Rotterdam. How is happiness measured? Happiness can be very subjective. Some people are happy when it rains, others are happy when [...]
by Roman on April 21, 2010
Here is a list of the top 10 poorest countries in the world according to data gathered by the International Monetary Fund and the CIA Wrold Factbook. As you might have guessed 9 out of 10 poorest countries in the world are situated in Africa. The wealth of a country is measured by GDP per [...]
by Roman on January 6, 2009
2008 was a mess. Everything changed from great to being a disaster. The markets were down and most of the world’s leading economies slipped into recession. For most of the world 2009 is not looking any brighter. The United States, Great Britain, France, Germany and Japan are all expecting a standstill of their economies or [...]
by Roman on January 5, 2009
The Big Mac Index is an index that keeps track of hamburger prices around the world – or to be exact – it measures the prices of a Big Mac burger in McDonalds restaurants in different countries. It was first introduced in The Economist in 1986 by Pam Woodall as an attempt of financial humor. [...]