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Of the global top 20 corporations by market capitalization the top 6 are US and Chinese “tech”. There are only 2 Eu… https://t.co/aazf3mSBKN

The risks in China’s fiscal position are in off balance sheet local government financing vehicles.… https://t.co/g6ANT6DmjN

In 2016 the four leading Eurozone economies – Germany, France, Italy and Spain – all had zero or negative public ne… https://t.co/qElFfBY7UL

Amongst emerging market sovereign borrowers Egypt and Pakistan have the most daunting financing needs. 30-35 % of G… https://t.co/XqRc4ouCDa

The annual financing needs of Japan and Italy are in a league of their own, but the USA is #3 on the IMF’s list. F…

@_Financeguy interesting. But that is not the impression you would get if you looked at investment banking revenues.

Sub-Saharan Africans now make up the majority of people without regular electricity supply worldwide.… https://t.co/ukKSI3MT4E

The dollar is the global currency of credit but it still is not American banks that dominate those credit flows.… https://t.co/A63gJRnqfy

Across Africa, hundreds of millions of women and girls spend hundreds of billions of hours per year collecting fire… https://t.co/lBauek1g43

The impact of the GFC on fiscal balance in advanced, emerging and low-income countries diverges strikingly.… https://t.co/hdVs7qs9B0

Household air pollution is responsible for 2.8 million premature deaths every year, concentrated in countries with… https://t.co/e8vqa43kfN

🇹🇩 The map of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867-1918) overlapping the results of the 2014 presidential elections in… https://t.co/W0sY7ECJZC

Men killing each other: Across the world the disparity in violent deaths is enormous, even in conflict zones like S… https://t.co/cnRno9dcnq

In the eyes of the market there is a stark difference between US and European banks post-crisis.… https://t.co/UhQZRKmRfv

The extent of energy poverty in many developed economies is remarkable. Germany’s position is particularly remarkab… https://t.co/FFySLc7PYS

The rates of violent death in Caribbean and central America are astonishing and put them in same league as Afghanis… https://t.co/uvJ5PzjOBz

With economic development energy consumption increases and the fuel mix shifts radically. This has huge environment… https://t.co/ujobvf5RTV

Of 560,000 violent deaths globally last year “only” 18% were due to wars. Most were homicide. 210k killings were by… https://t.co/zdUS9DQfXn

US state and local government spending on higher education has headed in wrong direction since early 2000s.… https://t.co/vaH24wtw5q

To work! A World To Win. The Life and Works of Karl Marx by Sven-Eric Liedman by @VersoBooks to review in the next… https://t.co/IHFB8xjDIB

Hitler’s Generals on Trial. The last War Crimes Tribunal at Nuremberg. Valerie Genevieve Hebert – Really looking fo… https://t.co/WvoPhezUcj

Early unit of computing power: one "kilogirl" was equivalent to a thousand hours of manual computing labor https://t.co/inWG0vE2f3

“Here are sticks of dynamite enough to blow 19th century Western historicism to smithereens. More power to the vali… https://t.co/QJIaZQCUfo

The global tech cycle subdivides into 2 phases: first the prerelease cycle, which comprises export of all component… https://t.co/hwkDAmXvQO

In 2016 50%+ of global cobalt supply originated in the DR of the Congo. China (6.3%), Canada (5.9 %), and Russia (5… https://t.co/vWmIFZHXjY

According to IMF a large part of global trade and fate of several national economies is decided by release data of… https://t.co/dK6jySytu1

"Apple Inc.’s iPhone releases are the key determinant of the new tech cycle. Reflecting booming global demand, iPho… https://t.co/hZldYVvIxT

Why we need cobalt! "A lithium-ion battery consists of an anode, typically graphitic carbon, & a cathode, separated… https://t.co/WDC6IlrPwu