1)As of January 2013, there are 16 people left in the world who were born in the 1800s, according to the Gerontology Research Group. In their lifetimes, U.S. stocks have increased 28,000-fold
2)The proportion of people aged between 16 and 64, in the UK, in work is now 73%, close to its all-time high of 73.2% (October, 2014)
3)More money is spent on arms in the world than on education, health, or any other form of development.
4)If you divide their net worth’s by their age, Carlos Slim and Bill Gates have each accumulated more than $100,000 in net worth for every hour they've been alive
5) Start with a dollar. Double it every day. In 48 days you'll own every financial asset that exists on the planet (about $200 trillion)
6)The world’s heaviest coin was from Sweden and weighed 19.71 Kg (about the mass of 20 bags of sugar)
7)The wealth required to provide adequate food, water, education, health and housing for everyone in the world for a whole year is equivalent total amount spent on arms every two weeks worldwide
8)The world’s worst inflation was in Hungary in June 1946, when the 1931 gold pengo was valued at 130 million trillion paper pengos.
9)Netflix surged more than 50% on Jan. 24 from the previous day's low. $1,000 invested in short-term call options would have been worth $2 million in less than 24 hours.
10) In the past, people have used many different things as money. Among them: salt, cocoa beans, grain, cows, shark’s teeth, and precious stones.
10 shocking stats about the economy
9 Issue 01/November, 2014