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Even without COP26 the global political economy of climate has taken a dramatic turn this year. Charted in 3 pieces: socialeurope.eu/the-fierce-urg… foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/15/cli… foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/25/xi-… H/T to

“Long-term progress really depends on a bipartisan approach that will survive the swings,” Admiral Blair of @Securing_Energy argues that for US to catch China in

"As Xi made clear on Sept. 22, as far as the most important collective issue facing humanity is concerned, the major players are no longer

RT @RichPuchalsky: Good article — the major decisions on climate change are not going to be made by the US but by China and to

Denmark’s Orsted and Finnish Neste show how diversifying out of fossil fuels pays off in share price .. eventually. ft.com/content/ea45ca… https://t.co/1ljNQax8Zd

How Xi Changes Everything: On the geopolitics of Xi’s carbon neutrality announcement for @ForeignPolicy foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/25/htt… https://t.co/vDtHDlGL3I

"Trading in onshore bonds of China Evergrande, the world’s most indebted developer, was halted after reports it was seeking government help to stave off a

RT @TheStalwart: The improvement in jobless claims has come to a halt. 870K last week, which is up from 866K in the prior week, and

RT @MaxCRoser: If we want cheap and reliable renewable energy we need to invest into the research and development of these energy sources.…

Latin America’s share of global COVID deaths has fallen below 40% for first time since the spring. India is surging. ft.com/content/a2901c… https://t.co/dAp8h6yPwz

@doirme @alpinemacro @SoberLook Allow a large margin for error and the story is the same.

To make good on Xi’s pledge of carbon neutrality by 2060, "investment in China’s power sector alone increases by $4tn (today’s prices, non-discounted) over the

Why New York’s in a Depression and Texas Isn’t The K-shaped recovery applies to geography too. Success/failure in dealing with pandemic is not enough to

Side gigs have been flourishing as a form of new business creation in the US and have been given a huge boost by corona shock.

“A credit crunch seems really very likely.” Carmen Reinhart has @gilliantett exploring some rather gloomy options for the immediate future! ft.com/content/c95e5a… https://t.co/i9FHRjwcb6

If I read this graph correctly, postal workers make up just shy of 1 in 200 of all workers in the US. I find that

2/3 of American Gen Z and Millenials are unaware that 6 m Jews were killed in Holocaust. 48 % could not name a single one

Actually existing disillusionment: Share agreeing that “capitalism as exists today does more harm than good”. Oct-nov 2019. Apparently Thais are even more negative than Indians

Since the worrying shock to US Treasury Markets in March, rates have been remarkably stable at extraordinarily low levels. @yardeni via @SoberLook https://t.co/VrUm1XcXiI

“This boom in mortgage originations isn’t necessarily going to be that awesome for the broader economy,” But refinancing does allow American middle class households to

If you compare household spending of Americans who kept their jobs v. Those who lost jobs and then received enhanced unemp benefit -> little difference

Extraordinary density of robots is yet another indicator of South Korea ’s modernity. @StatistaCharts statista.com/chart/13645/th… https://t.co/CqSynpUGDG

Daily federal expenditure on unemployment benefits shows an ominous decline in early August = far greater than the decline in # of Americans receiving benefit

RT @JonWalkerDC: Only good thing about this pandemic is it proved millions of Americans are only desperately poor because we don't have the…

RT @MaxCRoser: More than every second test in Argentina is now confirming a case of COVID-19. [from our database (where you also find the…

"Even without the changes to inflation targeting, if the Fed were simply following its historical track record, the data suggest that the next rate hike

"He hadn’t read the TPP treaty they were about to scrap. And nor had Trump. Rana, do you think we get the thought leadership we

China’s military capacities are growing. But that is basically because its economy is growing v rapidly. No evidence for any increase in effort level relative

The public in most of America’s key Allies has a pretty low view of the current President. But the data suggest they find it quite

“Transportation is responsible for > 50 % of California’s greenhouse gas emissions. 80 % of smog-forming pollution and 95 % of toxic diesel emissions” ->

The divergence btw energy & metal/iron ore prices since start of 2020 has been dramatic. Reflects pattern of Chinese recovery and trade wars. @ArborResearch via

Heavy rain in Nigeria -> "If farmers are incapable of buying adequate fungicides to spray there is the risk of their cocoa being damaged by

"Angry farmers have blocked highways & railways across India in 2nd day of protests against agricultural reforms that they say will leave them at the

RT @sobel_mark: Two months ago, I commented that greater SNB transparency could help counter pressures on and from US Treasury to designate…

RT @avgevorkyan: Economics is your thing? Then tune into this conference and learn about Michail Kalecki's work and legacy! [look for the l…