The UK is heading back into recession and will be among the slowest of the world's largest economies to recover in the first half of this year, according to a study by the Paris-based thinktank, the OECD. Only Italy will struggle over a longer period to return to growth, ...read more

A fasacinating article in the Atlantic looks at the wildly successful cooperative Finnish education model and concludes that the excessive competitiveness of the American model is actually counterproductive: Finland's schools owe their newfound fame primarily to one study: the ...read more

This chart shows how OECD country’s spending and life expectancy differ from what you would expect based on how rich they are (per capita GDP): As you can see, the US bottoms out meaning Americans spend more and get far, far less for their money than comparable countries. ...read more