Since 2008 there has been a Global Peace Index (GPI) which each year measures the degree of violence in the world and the degree of military spending. Last year the world spent $14.3tn as a result of conflicts, that represents 13.4% of the world’s GNP (Gross National Product) or the equivalent of the economic output of Brazil,Canada, France,Canada, France,Germany, Spain and the U.K. Military spending alone amounted to more than $3tn. Syria, as one would expect, led the list of least peaceful countries, followed by Libya, Ukraine, Niger, Djibouti and South Sudan. To keep all these statistics in perspective, (more…)
Danielle Levy
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For Profit Schools: Follow Up
For those of you who saw the video on for profit schools,( https://innerlifedirections.com/for-profit-schools/) the U.S. Department of Education has just announced several debt relief measures that will in some cases erase the debt of some of the 16,000 students!
