Good morning. Classic chart

https://www.businessinsider.nl/us-economy-emissions-2016-12/

“Japan’s economy jumps 6.3% under new UN standard”
https://www.ft.com/content/3a0e4202-bd00-11e6-8b45-b8b81dd5d080

Ah: the first this was 2016 charts have arrived!

https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2016/12/08/2181101/well-that-was-fun-fx-edition/

Very cool chart, I must say

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2016/12/08/american-dream-collapsing-for-young-americans-study-says-finding-plunging-odds-that-children-earn-more-than-their-parents/

This would have been good reading if published 10 years ago…“Make globalisation more inclusive or suffer the consequences”
http://voxeu.org/article/make-globalisation-more-inclusive-or-suffer-consequences

Mismatch!

https://www.businessinsider.nl/albert-edwards-scariest-chart-in-the-world-2016-12/

But 8,25%…? Get real!

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-12-08/invest-like-buffett-eat-like-guy-fieri

The unbelievable comeback of Heroin (deaths)…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/12/08/heroin-deaths-surpass-gun-homicides-for-the-first-time-cdc-data-show/

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