Source: Economist Archive:

 

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From The Economist:

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The Economist produces quality audio annotated presentations on a number of topics. Here are a few recent ones:

Asia’s Growing Economic Power (a historical perspective)
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China’s territorial Disputes (it’s not just Taiwan)
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Global Fertility
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Thanks to Stephen Dobson for the heads up.

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Official retirement ages have failed to keep pace with rising life expectancy, making pensions increasingly unaffordable. In practice many people in the rich-world OECD countries retire several years early, which lets them enjoy, on average, some 19 years in retirement before death.

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Most industrial countries have recovered (temporarily, at least).

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GDP, peak to trough.

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and by the way, don’t take cipro without reading the label and drinking a lot of water.

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Number of deaths on both sides, and number of rockets/mortars fired into Israel.

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2008 and 2009 by sector, and compared to 2007 peaks.

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THE Big Mac index is based on the theory of purchasing-power parity (PPP)-exchange rates should equalise the price of a basket of goods in different countries. The exchange rate that leaves a Big Mac costing the same in dollars everywhere is our fair-value benchmark. So our light-hearted index shows which countries the foreign-exchange market has blessed with a cheap currency, and which has it burdened with a dear one.

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Interactive Chart. Select your indicator, countries, and time period.

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A RECORD number of drug patents will expire over the next few years, which should heighten competition from generic drugs and force down prices. In 2009, $26 billion of sales were at risk from patent expiries. This will nearly double in 2011 according to EvaluatePharma, a consultancy. The price of any given drug falls by more than 85% within a year of a patent expiring in markets like America. About 13% of global drug sales are at risk from generic competition over the next two years.

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