
Note for @Ocasio2018 @SenSanders on everyone is getting poorer and poorer, working two jobs
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in economic history, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: pessimism bias

The Mysterious Threat to the Royal Navy – WW2 – 012 17 November 1939
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in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War II
If inequality driven by the top 1% drives crime, why have US murder rates fallen so much @AndrewLittleMP? @sst_nz
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in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA

How David Lean Created Ali’s Mesmerizing Entrance | Lawrence of Arabia
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in movies
Lesser known Swedish gender gaps
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in discrimination, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: gender wage gap, Sweden

Where was Lincoln’s Bodyguard on the Night He was Assassinated?
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in economic history, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: American Civil War
The toxic business of ‘recycling’ China’s electric car batteries
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Chinese electric car [image credit: scmp.com]
China already has 250 million electric scooters and around 3 million electric cars, most of which face battery replacements in the next decade or so. But high costs have opened the door to ‘cowboy’ operators.
Researchers estimate it will cost nearly US$3 million to reverse the damage caused by just one illegal plant, says the South China Morning Post.
Authorities in eastern China are turning to the courts to raise the millions of yuan needed to rehabilitate water and land polluted by dumping from an illegal lead-acid battery recycling plant.
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How did early Sailors navigate the Oceans? | The Curious Engineer
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in economic history, transport economics
The brilliant Kenneth Williams on Joan Rivers’ show – UK – ’86
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