California is not the only place on fire. Fires are fueling the demand for solar-battery systems.
Child Brides: Unemployment and poverty driven by the global Covid-19 pandemic is forcing families to push their young girls into marriage.
Unemployment and poverty driven by the global Covid-19 pandemic is forcing families to push their young girls into marriage.
Vaccines: We need a Covid-19 vaccine that works for 90% of those who receive it. And at least 70% of the population must be willing to be vaccinated.
We need a Covid-19 vaccine that works for 90% of those who receive it. And at least 70% of the population must be willing to be vaccinated. Treatments for those who are sick may be more successful than vaccines designed to prevent the disease.
China: China had a fertility rate of 2.9 children per woman in 1979, but today it is closer to 1.5. And this is despite government efforts to encourage child birth.
China had a fertility rate of 2.9 children per woman in 1979, but today it is closer to 1.5. And this is despite government efforts t encourage child birth. The relative collapse of China’s population has huge economic, social and political implications.
Successes: Aid agencies focus on big stuff like roads and electric power. Governments focus on small stuff like financing small business.
Aid agencies focus on big stuff like roads and electric power. Governments focus on small stuff like financing small business.
Corporate Winners: Big tech companies like Amazon and Facebook are becoming too big to fail. Like the big banks. Today’s heroes will be tomorrow’s villains.
Big tech companies like Amazon and Facebook are becoming too big to fail. Like the big banks. Today’s heroes will be tomorrow’s villains.
Public Attitudes: Governor Andrew Como of New York and Premier Doug Ford of Ontario are the big movers of public attitudes on the virus and the role of government.
Governor Andrew Como of New York and Premier Doug Ford of Ontario are the big movers of public attitudes on the virus and the role of government.
