The Globalist

Brazil struggles with rampant sexism.

The world’s “millionaire club” grew faster than most economies in 2013.

Sleep has a long evolutionary history. And yet science does not know why we do it.

While the United States has 0.48% of its population in the military, China has only 0.17%.

About a quarter of the world’s countries individually produce between 0.1% and 1% of global GDP.

The majority of the world’s nations produce less than 0.1% of global GDP.

Only 18 countries have more than a 1% share of the world’s total GDP.

Despite the unconscionable liberalization of U.S. gun laws, gun ownership rates have gone down. Why?

Why is Pakistan’s commercial hub less stable than ever?

In the US and elsewhere, the social and economic fallout from the 2008 financial crisis continues.