The brilliance of British industrial policy is often hard for us to appreciate.

The limitations on bankruptcy in the Czech Republic are driving almost 8% of the population into penury and despair due to debts they have no hope of paying.

This sort of has happened to many in the US with student debt, ever since the US made it impossible to get out of that debt through bankruptcy.

In Spain, an unknown number of people are "fiscally dead", which means they cannot work other than underground because their income would be seized for debt. If you have a mortgage on a house and can't pay it, you will lose the house but be stuck with the debt for the rest of your life.

The Money, Job, Marriage Myth: Are You Happy Yet?

Los Angeles set up an earthquakes warning system, for snoopphone users only.

The cheater has decided to bypass getting the heads of departments approved by the Senate by leaving them as "acting" heads.