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This report by @SteveJohnson000 on the dramatic structural regression of the sub-Saharan African economies is remar… https://t.co/LsD4fdK0IJ

The UK experienced a freak trade surplus at the end of 2019 as British business ran down stocks and curbed imports.… https://t.co/XYcxaVvEOl

@laura_nelson @latimes “I thought it was a phishing attempt” is a great excuse to skip any mandatory training.

@_gabriel_U Thank you! Lovely writing too …

Globalization: According to teh extraordinary expertise of @CalibreObscura the red band, warhead colour, fuze on th… https://t.co/ZUzhByOiGV

"Aircraft-carriers, like the warplanes on them, belong to a class of large, vastly expensive weapons that military… https://t.co/6FI6BYXYtW

"By one estimate, an American naval force within 2,000km of China might have to parry 640 incoming weapons in a sin… https://t.co/QtLbowujGO

Loyal followers. We bring sad news. As part of our research into the Top 5 Most Borrowed Books 2019 we found that… https://t.co/hjugNiSsMT

What a delightful visual! https://t.co/LhqGxeeju1

“No piece of hardware better exemplifies America’s military might than an aircraft-carrier,” says Ashton Carter.… https://t.co/SmiH52FdbR

To date $ 270bn jewelry biz was run by mining cartels, e.g. De Beers, which governed pricing & supply of world’s di… https://t.co/5TvOiW6hoA

Deep branding: Luis Vuitton, Tiffany and Montblanc have all patented exclusive diamond cuts that cut their distinct… https://t.co/pvhVvQu8YW

@70sBachchan In the Caribbean too. Post Dorian you have to actually sign up to be reconnected to mains electricity.… https://t.co/CluhBboBnG

Shift from manufacturing to health, education, hospitality in US labour market continues. It matters because there… https://t.co/76lnaCNwjF

“High jewellery” is the jewellery equivalent of haute couture, involving one-of-a-kind pieces threaded with rare ge… https://t.co/4Reu27F3ew

2008-> UNDP rolled out model of "multifunctional platforms” in rural SAA = 10 HP diesel engine, capable of driving… https://t.co/7fHU5cnbgK

"Hard luxury” was a new concept for me. But as @laureni explains in this fascinating article about diamonds rebalan… https://t.co/xJfBZJPQD4

Cooking accounts for about 70% of household energy use in Sub Saharan Africa v. 10% globally& often involves biofue… https://t.co/PpFMvu6V1c

n April 2019 at Karowe mine in Botswana, in an open pit sliced hundreds of metres into the earth’s crust, mining co… https://t.co/AHeXam6poX

"An an end to weeding by hand: Weeds are one of the biggest threats to food security in sub-Saharan Africa. Weeding… https://t.co/lGZCxl1WRL

Often despair at the frustrations of environmental policy at the federal level in the US is offset by enthusiasm fo… https://t.co/zHs1ALJIXz

Launching Friday at Maison et Objet, my New Town tiles, available in any colour & colour combination, and with eith… https://t.co/OboTcCNU5S

How fluctuations in oil prices have caused value of fuel exports to fluctuate in UK, NL, Canada and US.… https://t.co/O9zc2ba24a

Fantastic opportunity to work with some really brilliant people in a rather attractive setting! https://t.co/sOe2NJkGA0

US & China are the main export markets for the German auto industry. Both are stagnating. Data from @Brad_Setser vi… https://t.co/0Ym4cr2YNj

Clearly showing that there is something wrong with the German data in WID even more obvious if you take the series… https://t.co/t8ixFLRN9b

"The real story — the one about real people — is the mind-blowing chasm of global energy inequality… Californians… https://t.co/uI0i186mNT

A fridge running for ten days already uses more electricty than the avg Nigerian uses for an entire year. Per capit… https://t.co/BUwkoIfyHW

@RothschildMark @Scholars_Stage @StephenWilmot You are welcome.

As a share of China's GDP, China's imports of manufactures from the US are under 1/2 of what they were before China… https://t.co/WziZSJHjw6

At 23 % the US has the world’s highest rate of children living in single-parent households. And only 8% of children… https://t.co/5aslxmNYap