March 11, 2015 – The Supreme Pundit

The Economist explains: Why girls do better at school than boys | The Economist

For centuries, boys were top of the class. But these days, that’s no longer the case. A new study by the OECD, a club of mostly rich countries, examined how 15-year-old boys and girls performed at reading, mathematics and science. Boys still score somewhat better at maths, and in science the genders are roughly equal.… Read More »

Health care in America: Shock treatment | The Economist

Brian Buntz Popularized by the Russian economist Nikolai Kondratiev, long wave theory holds that decades of economic progress follow from technological breakthroughs such as was the case with the development of the steam engine, the railway, electrical and chemical engineering, automobiles, and computing technology. In the most recent period, the microprocessor is the single most… Read More »