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What it costs, and who profits
Official figures, read all the way through, told without jargon.
EconomyCareer and kids: choice, obligation or repetition?When one partner slows down their career for the children, is it a choice, a constraint or an inherited habit? What the studies say, and what we don't know.EconomyLiving as a couple? Your partner may be ripping you off.When only one partner owns and the other pays rent, groceries or bills, wealth builds up on one side only. What the numbers, French law, household economics and game theory say.EconomyPurchasing power: does everything really cost more?Minimum wage, committed spending, rents, home prices: what Insee's series since 1970 show, with captures from ExSys's Purchasing power tool and what the numbers don't say.InvestingAre you better than Wall Street?Active trading, leveraged products, professionally managed funds: what the studies say about how individual investors and fund managers perform, with the numbers.SavingsTime will make you rich: compound interestCompound interest explained with numbers: what €10,000 and €200 a month become depending on the return, the rule of 72, the effect of fees and what the S&P 500's history really lets you hope for.FuelA tank of diesel costs a lot more than a year ago. Who cashed in?Taxes, refiners, gas stations: we follow every euro of a tank of diesel using the official figures.