Trade accounted for 59 percent of world GDP in 2018, an increase of roughly 1.5 times since 1980. International trade has changed dramatically over this time period, not only in terms of volume and composition, but also in terms of which countries the rest of the world relies on for their most vital trading connections. Now, the picture is changing dramatically, and you might be surprised to find that China has already surpassed the United States as the world's most powerful trading partner.
A Global Shift in Positions
TheLowy Institute's animationtoday uses data from the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) database on bilateral trade flows to assess whether the United States or China is the largest trade partner.
How China Overtook the U.S. as the World's Major Trading Partner
Iman Ghosh
China has become the world's major trading partner – and now, 128 of 190 countries trade more with China than th...
Have you been the victim of narcissistic manipulation tactics? You may not even be aware that someone close to you uses emotional manipulation and psychological control on you. Instead of providing happiness and encouraging success, these people often become obstacles to achievement. Since changing a manipulator's behavior is pretty much impossible, it's important to learn about the narcissist's favorite manipulation and punishment tactics so that you can protect yourself from their narcissistic abuse. The narcissist uses gaslighting or crazy making communication to manipulate how you think. However, when you learn to recognize the psychology of how a narcissist manipulates you, you can outsmart them and protect yourself from further harm.
These are the signs you're dating a narcissist, according to narcissism expert Dr. Ramani.
"It's like looking into a mirror, and nothing's looking back at you."
Leading psychologist and author Dr. Ramani Durvasula walks us through how to spot the signs you're dating a narcissist. She draws advice from her bestselling book, "Should I Stay Or Should I Go? Surviving A Narcissistic Relationship".
What defines a narcissist, and what behaviors are typical of a narcissist? How many of those characteristics does someone have to have in order to be defined as a narcissist? What is "gaslighting"? What does it look like when two narcissists date each other? Are narcissists self-aware? Can you teach a narcissist empathy? Nature vs. nurture: Is someone born a narcissist or do they become a narcissist? What role does parenting play in creating a narcissist? How can parents prevent narcissism? How is the trait of narcissism different than narcissistic personality disorder? Can a narcissistic person ever be truly "cured"? What should someone expect if they want to break up with a narcissist? How should someone manage their expectations if they want to continue dating a narcissist?
Dr. Ramani ends the interview with some encouraging advice that anyone can implement today.
What is the connection between wealth and happiness? Previous research has found that while money can purchase happiness, it reaches a nadir at around US$75,000 per year.
New research, on the other hand, suggests differently.
A recent study demonstrated that happiness improves linearly with reported income (logarithmic) and continues to rise beyond the US$80,000/year barrier, based on over a million real-time reports from a large U.S. sample group.
We'll go through the research methods in more detail below, as well as a few plausible reasons why higher wages may increase people's happiness levels.
How is Happiness Measured?
Previous studies on happiness and income have relied on retroactive data, which can lead to human memory errors. This current study, on the other hand, relies on real-time, logged data from a mood tracking app to provide a more realistic representation of respondents' overall happiness.
Random prompts were also used to collect data over time, with dozens of entries documented for each respondent. This provides a more comprehensive picture of a person's overall health.
In this study, two types of happiness were assessed:
Well-being that has been felt
The mood and feelings of a person throughout their day.
Evaluative happiness: On reflection, a person's assessment of their life.
Higher salaries enhanced both types of well-being, but evaluative well-being indicated a more pronounced divide between the lower and higher income groups.
Words of Wisdom: Eldest child... parents only expect; siblings only suspect...
So good content.. Each and every word is quite relatable. Newton's law is already being applied and my body is in constant state of laughter. Loved your content, your expressions.
So apt! Especially the legendary dialogue, "You'll understand when you become a manager". "You'll understand when you become a mother" - 100% true; "You'll understand when you become a manager" - 200% true !!
There is nothing else like it on the planet, which is why it is referred as as the "eighth wonder of the world." This is a massive monolithic rock that stands around 660 feet tall and has a flat top, as if it was carved with a gigantic knife. Let's go up to the summit and see what's up there, because there are beautiful ruins up there that are incredibly fascinating.
As you can see, there are a lot of weird brick constructions strewn about, and not only visitors are perplexed, but even archaeologists are baffled as to what these structures were employed for. They attest to the fact that everything you see is at least 3000 years old.
But it's not what these things are that's mysterious; it's how they were made. How did the ancient builders get all of these bricks to the top of the cliff? According to reports, at least 3 million bricks have been discovered here, but making these bricks on top of the granite would be difficult due to a lack of clay.
These bricks would have to have been brought in from the ground.
The truly unusual aspect is that there are no ancient stairs leading to the summit of the rock from the ground level. All of these metal steps were constructed in the previous century.
It will be quite difficult to ascend this cliff without these new stairs. This entire rock is now covered in various types of stairs; this is a separate level of spiral staircases. The ancient builders built only a few steps, but they did not go all the way to the summit.
Because there were no stairs to the top, no one, not even the natives, knew about Sigiriya until 200 years ago. This is why, in 1831, an Englishman named Jonathan Forbes "discovered" the ruins of Sigiriya.
So, how did the first humans ascend to the summit of Sigiriya? Assume that hiking uphill via these very steep, wooded sections is conceivable.
However, adequate staircases will be required to transport 3 million bricks from the ground level. It would be impossible to get them to the top without this.
But it's not the bricks or the marble that I'm perplexed about. It's because of the granite. Take a look at this massive water tank. If you overlook the bricks and marble blocks surrounding it, you'll notice that this is the world's largest monolithic tank. It wasn't erected by laying down stone blocks; instead, tonnes and tonnes of granite were scooped out of Solid Rock. And how many tonnes of rock have been hauled away?
Goran Ivanisevic, on the receiving end of a drubbing from Mark Philippoussis in the final of the 1997 tennis tournament at Queen's Club, London, jokingly hands his racquet to ballgirl Amy Denton Clark and invites her to take over, which she does after some understandable hesitation. She's back at Queen's in 2017 to talk about the experience with interviewer John Inverdale.
