This Has Been the Best Year Ever For humanity over all, life just keeps getting better.(NYT)

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/28/opinion/sunday/2019-best-year-poverty.html?te=1&nl=david-leonhardt&emc=edit_ty_20191230?campaign_id=39&instance_id=14855&segment_id=19938&user_id=b3ff78c10fbec82990dd5a8ff6bb9344&regi_id=6926585920191230

Βιομηχανικό Συνέδριο ΣΕΒ «Bιομηχανία 4.0: Η ευκαιρία που δεν πρέπει να χαθεί» 19 Δεκεμβρίου 2019, Hilton, Αθήνα

http://www.sev.org.gr/uploads/documents/SEB_ENTYPO_A4_FINAL_DIGITAL.pdf

2020, five out of the ten most populous countries in the world were located in Asia

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Ladies and Gentlemen, As Christmas approaches and confectionery manufacturers gear up for one of the most important times of the year, our first infographic compares chocolate consumption per capita in different countries. Further down, our second infographic shows the countries with the largest populations today and how the ranking is set to change by 2100. Have a nice week! While in 2020, five out of the ten most populous countries in the world will be located in Asia, the picture will look different in 2100 when five African countries – Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Egypt and the Democratic Republic of the Congo – will be among the world’s ten largest. Read more.

John Hennessy’s higher learning Inside the Mind of the CEO The former Stanford president and current Alphabet chair distills leadership lessons

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/John-Hennessys-higher-learning?gko=1d2fd&utm_source=itw&utm_medium=itw20191210&utm_campaign=resp

A $280 college textbook busts budgets, but Harvard author Gregory Mankiw defends royalties

https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2015/02/a_280_college_textbook_busts_b.html

Turkish companies participating in the F-35 program worth $12 Billion

While the  as a whole is expected to move on if Turkish companies are excluded, the Turkish economy could lose out on billions of dollars. According to Lockheed Martin, involvement in the F-35 project could be worth up to $12 billion to Turkish companies. The following infographic provides an overview of the Turkish companies involved and their current role in the fighter jet's development.

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The ease of doing business. Greece at No. 79

https://www.doingbusiness.org/en/rankings

World Happiness Report 2019. Finland first again.

https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2019/

As in 2018, Finland again takes the top spot as the happiest country in the world according to three years of surveys taken by Gallup from 2016-2018. Rounding out the rest of the top ten are countries that have consistently ranked among the happiest. They are in order: Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, New Zealand, Canada and Austria. The US ranked 19th dropping one spot from last year.

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