The analysis of alcohol consumption and personal welfare (GDP and GNI per capita and labor productivity) statistics shows that there is no just negative correlation between these two indicators. As it can be seen from the graphs below, interdependence between expenditures on alcoholic bevarages and personal welfare indicators can be well descripted with normal function. So, very little as well as very big amounts of alcohol consumed is bad for personal welfare, while moderate alcohol consumption contributes in favor of personal welfare.

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US Distilled Spirits Market

Take a close look at the top 20 locations worldwide for consumption of distilled spirits and you’ll observe that half of the list is composed of US states. Remarkably, however, the US ranks only 48th of 185 countries for per capita consumption of all alcoholic beverages, according to the World Health Organization. In the ranking by consumption of spirits per capita, the US jumps to 23rd worldwide. Americans consumed a total of about 530 million gallons (2 billion liters) of spirits in 2015. That's about 3 liters of pure alcohol per year, 6 liters of spirits with 50% alcohol content...

Beer Price Index 2015

The cheapest city to drink a beer is Krakow, Poland, according to the results of 2015 GoEuro Beer Price Index. The average price of a 33cl bottle of beer in this Polish city came in at only $1.66. In contrast, you'll likely not be surprised to learn that Geneva, Switzerland, has become the most expensive city worldwide to grab a beer, with an average beer price of $6.32. You can avoid a costly beer in Geneva if you shop for your beer in local supermarkets, where prices are roughly one sixth of those charged in bars, a trend observed across all the most expensive cities included in...

Beer Price Index

Polish capital Warsaw is the most affordable city among 40 countries worldwide to drink a bottle of beer according to the study conducted by popular tourist portal GoEuro. 33cl bottle of beer in this city costs in average 0.79 euros. Next 4 the cheapest countries are Germany, Czech Republic, Portugal and Ireland. In bulk, European countries are favorable to have a quick one with the exception of Sweden, United Kingdom, Switzerland and Norway. The latter, in fact, is the most expensive country with the price for a bottle of beer in its capital Oslo constituting 3.55 euros which is 4...

Basic Income: A Way Out of Poverty in a Time of Pandemic or Utopia

(23 September 2020) Sir Thomas More introduced the concept of basic income* in Utopia back in 1516. It's a simple concept: Eliminate poverty by guaranteeing a basic level of income. The New Jersey Income Maintenance Experiment (1968-1972) was the first basic income experiment and has since been followed by more than 40 experiments across 14 countries, including 16 ongoing, and another 5 experiments planned for 2020 or later. From an experimental perspective with small groups of participants (as opposed to whole economies), the data demonstrates that basic income helps to eradicate...