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In the late 1990s the US was carrying out an execution roughly every 4 days. Today the death penalty though still o… https://t.co/0JZQYPq5FI

Since 2006 Swiss pension funds have halved their unhedged fx exposure. Perhaps not surprising given the risk of sho… https://t.co/54nEZqg3hI

One of our biggest assumptions is that the climate emergency is an issue. It's not, it's an era Climate is redefin… https://t.co/xC46Oa0n0y

Governments give $22bn of annual subsidies to fishing industry. Half of fishing operations in the high seas (waters… https://t.co/ZUlXWv9vID

Of the 30 most polluted cities in the world, 22 are in India. One academic study found that of the 9.7m Indians who… https://t.co/9qwWrNxwN7

Vaccinating Nigerian infants against rotavirus can yield benefits worth a whopping $126 per dollar spent, thanks to… https://t.co/1DvTMCecWH

Pension shortfalls are common across America, with the average public scheme monitored by @RetirementRsrch just 72.… https://t.co/rU0Bmp47wl

Caterpillars are packed with potassium, calcium and magnesium. 100 g provide a person with the required daily intak… https://t.co/hV8rMGzLHw

Hanguang 800: Alibaba Group has developed an AI chip faster than any other in the world. But it is still manufactur… https://t.co/5h9Yv3pdVD

More than 2m people are involved in small-scale gold mining in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. In total they dig up 4… https://t.co/DifUw3WJtZ

British colonial administrators thought referring to “tear gas” was too reminiscent of WWI -> promoted use of term… https://t.co/RPYwdhsjD2

Latest survey by American Chamber of Commerce in Beijing finds that China remains in top 3 as a global investment d… https://t.co/PaPJBE08Np

An absolutely fundamental limit on the pace of energy transition is that only 20% of final energy consumption world… https://t.co/h3kDh1uZDJ

American companies on average get only about 5% of their revenues from China. But the technology, automobile and co… https://t.co/CXKGUeEpLX

The decline in fertility rates across EM as well as AE is striking. It may create problems in future. But it should… https://t.co/1AezmEnTtM

An absolutely fundamental limit on the pace of energy transition is that only 20% of final energy consumption world… https://t.co/qdKmBG9cRo

climate crisis may succeed where all else failed: a single green safe asset, backstopped by the ECB? Greening the E… https://t.co/RVlW9VykDP

The (very long run) moderation: From 1860s-1930s US economy oscillated 60/40 btw growth and recession. Since 1940s… https://t.co/QbDr99lApO

In the wake of the financial crisis, funds in US retail money market funds collapsed. Since 2015 they have recovere… https://t.co/dPiTqnwvNs

Germany’s exit plan from coal will just about halve power generation from coal by 2030. @WillWilkesBBG… https://t.co/cawNRtwkCb

Over Angela Merkel’s tenure as Chancellor since 2005 German CO2 emissions have fallen by a modest 13%.… https://t.co/AIBa9sPUEc

The precipitate decline in the fertility rate in the US is an underemphasized phenomenon. An unusually sharp fall i… https://t.co/AlL2WQKzP3

The climate impasse and the agenda for climate diplomacy in 2020. I did a piece for the @FT on the limits of a sear… https://t.co/JejJdIjSKz

As the global LNG market floods with new exports, prices have converged in Europe, US and E. Asia. @meyer_g6… https://t.co/rQnuoLLnOT

Glut ahead? The US energy industry is planning on a huge expansion of LNG exports. It is far from obvious that ther… https://t.co/K1ynPu3UZu

In the early 2000s German investment in railway system fell behind that of France. The new spending program announc… https://t.co/09IQhahN7d