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@marmadukejinks9 More quickly I believe

From 1950 to 2015, air pollution probably killed about thirty to forty million people, roughly equal to the death t… https://t.co/m6LHuHqVrY

Germany’s debt brake bites most severely not at the Bund/federal level, but at the level of the Laender. An interes… https://t.co/8kBXQKWWU5

In winter of 1952–1953, coal smoke, soot, and sulfur dioxide killed Londoners at roughly twice the rate the Luftwaf… https://t.co/iCRLTdZHG5

Wie die nötigen Investitionen für den Klimaschutz sinnvoll finanziert werden können statt mit der verkorksten Idee… https://t.co/YQV6dMA2Xd

Confirmed, RIP Ferdinand Piech https://t.co/YMQ3m5jC5U https://t.co/YsMtbTKlVb

Waclaw Giermer flew in combat against the Luftwaffe in the Polish, French and British airforces in WWII, by way of… https://t.co/xw7rG0UaqA

Dollar is strong at least in part because the US is the only major economy offering positive real rates.… https://t.co/bUU6BWqgfm

The moment I saw this great chart I knew it was an @andrewvandam instant classic https://t.co/creWhaiGKY

The level of violence in Mexico has taken on the proportions of a medium-sized war. 35,000 murders in 2018 is in th… https://t.co/vVViuRzddE

How many Americans of what age have experienced how many recessions? Those in their 80s have clocked up 8-9 recessi… https://t.co/4gUbGkE7Al

Hong Kong’s absurdly tight housing market makes it virtually impossible to start a family -> one of lowest fertilit… https://t.co/YpaQVGV36T

London’s population growth is driven by international immigration and natural fertility, whilst c 100k also leave e… https://t.co/evPMVW2gKB

Germany’s rate of public investment is comparable to that of a Eurozone crisis country! Data from @Schuldensuehner… https://t.co/1hJDIGayAz

"for businesses, the Fed and global central bankers, the US is no longer in trade negotiations. It is in a period o… https://t.co/2GacekHTKI

EM have a painfully large amount of $-debt to refinance, which makes movements in $ exchange rate a driver of globa… https://t.co/RFMd6fbfOt

More than 11 per cent of Ukraine’s gross domestic product comes from remittances and its 5m-strong workforce abroad… https://t.co/GWeh0Hp8RT

Rereading "British Dimensions: 'Four Nations History’ by Raphael Samuel History Workshop Journal, No. 40 (Autumn, 1… https://t.co/I2T5zBBYeN

The 2008 crisis shook the entire pyramid of credit – including all forms of consumer and household credit.… https://t.co/uDsV0oAfDt

"rich people don’t get richer only because of tax windfalls. Rich people get richer because they hang out together.… https://t.co/KhKU5tEhWq

Powell’s Fed faces profound dilemma: Monetary easing gives Trump further room to pursue trade war. On other hand, F… https://t.co/2lWOOAtElQ

Forensic scultpure of Robert the Bruce (1274-1329), Robert I of Scotland, victor at Bannockburn in 1314.… https://t.co/T3zwIh4zLo

Unpopular hydro remains by FAR the largest low-carbon non-nuclear energy option accounting for 2/3rd of renewable e… https://t.co/3njncGirQj

Since World War II the number of nation states has surged from 70 to 200+. Has made UN-based politics such as clima… https://t.co/9jpj3vtdrT

"The president can threaten the Fed all he likes — and even stretch the law to imply he can fire Mr Powell. That ma… https://t.co/728m0BFuoV

Wild and Majestic: Romantic Visions of Scotland at the @NtlMuseumsScot is an excellent piece of curation. Great vid… https://t.co/gKSaYTjaoB

"Origin of Germany’s obsession with balanced budgets can be traced to the early 2000s, when it was considered the s… https://t.co/iLkG3oNjcM

Germany’s auto crisis 0.5. Stick this important and deeply informed corrective by @KeineWunder on the German auto i… https://t.co/CnRyDhdhmE

Currently, Germany’s fiscal position is highly peculiar. But whatever theory we come up with the explain this, has… https://t.co/k1yhGZEAub

Weidmann comes out against either monetary or fiscal stimulus for the Eurozone economy. @MAmdorsky reporting. Just… https://t.co/uFjA1lzito

Its almost as though none of Angela Merkel’s have pointed out to her that turbines, even if they are made by Siemen… https://t.co/mQLFZ6ylxx