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I almost made the wrong conclusion about "the Epidemic of Despair" by Anne Case and Angus Deaton
I nearly dismissed Case and Deaton's "Deaths of Despair" research as incomplete—until I verified the data myself and discovered their alarming conclusions were actually understated.
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Thoughts on "The big cycles over the last 500 years" by Ray Dalio
Ray Dalio's 500-year analysis of empire cycles reveals why today's confluence of debt, inequality, and US-China tensions creates unprecedented danger.
The forgotten crisis
COVID-19 will nearly double acute hunger to 265 million people in six months, yet this crisis remains invisible because it's happening far from view.
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COVID 19 - A looming public health and humanitarian crisis in developing countries
No. 05Geopolitics"The changing world order" Ray Dalio's insights about what to come in the next 5 - 30 or 50 years
No. 06Greater ChinaCOVID 19 learnings from Vietnam - a developing country
No. 07GeopoliticsCovid 19 - The lesson from China from Bruce Aylward, leader of the W.H.O. team that visited China
No. 08GeopoliticsCovid 19 - currently it takes about 7 days for the total confirmed cases to double
No. 09GeopoliticsThe economic impact of Covid 19 on China and the rest of the world
No. 10Other countries8 Key Facts about Singapore Digital and Media Landscape 2020
No. 11Paid Media8 key facts about South Korea e-commerce (updated Feb 2020)
No. 12Greater China8 key facts about China digital landscape (2020 update)
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