What people think of globalization, by country

More than in the past, the population is divided on whether globalization is a force for good or not.

Jeff Desjardins - Visual Capitalist | November 15, 2017 | 9:48 am

Most valuable U.S. companies over 100 years

How much does the business world shift in a century?

Jeff Desjardins - Visual Capitalist | November 15, 2017 | 9:40 am

31 Chinese cities with economies as big as countries

Gaining perspective on China’s monstrous economy isn’t always the easiest thing to do.

Jeff Desjardins - Visual Capitalist | November 6, 2017 | 12:13 pm

How billionaire investors hedge against geopolitical black swans

Investors must always be comfortable with the idea that the market bears risk.

Jeff Desjardins - Visual Capitalist | November 1, 2017 | 10:45 am

Nickel: The secret driver of the battery revolution

Commodity markets are being turned upside down by the EV revolution.

Jeff Desjardins - Visual Capitalist | October 31, 2017 | 2:27 pm

Great Lakes economy: Examining the cross-border supply chain

In today’s extremely competitive and borderless global economy, many goods that get produced are ultimately the result of a group effort.

Jeff Desjardins - Visual Capitalist | October 23, 2017 | 2:11 pm

Boron: Making modern life possible

When it comes to modern living, there are so many things we take for granted.

Jeff Desjardins - Visual Capitalist | October 16, 2017 | 2:13 pm

31 fascinating facts on the early history of the U.S. dollar

Today, we all know the U.S. dollar as an iconic currency that is recognizable to people around the world. How and why was it conceived, and why do we call it a “dollar” or a “buck”?

Jeff Desjardins - Visual Capitalist | May 16, 2017 | 3:51 pm

The history of tungsten, the strongest natural metal on earth

With a tensile strength of 1,510 megapascals, we now know tungsten as the strongest naturally occurring metal on Earth.

Jeff Desjardins - Visual Capitalist | May 1, 2017 | 2:26 pm

China leading the charge for lithium-ion megafactories

As exciting as Tesla's Gigafactory 1 project is, it’s actually just one of multiple large-scale “megafactories” being built – with many of them being in China.

Jeff Desjardins - Visual Capitalist | February 20, 2017 | 11:36 am

Infographic | The top 10 reasons investors should look at cobalt

Every once in a while, a previously underappreciated metal rises to prominence.

Jeff Desjardins - Visual Capitalist | January 24, 2017 | 2:33 pm

Infographic – The history of solar energy, going back to 4,000 B.C.

Harvesting the power of the sun has been a human endeavor since the beginning of civilization.

Jeff Desjardins - Visual Capitalist | January 19, 2017 | 3:31 pm

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