The global spread of dumplings, regional trade deals and the crown of Charlemagne.
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Division of labour:
The bigger a city the greater the variety of occupations.
Source: AEA
Regionalism
The 1990s and 2000s were above all an era of regional trade deals.
Source WTO
Agrarian world
Agriculture remains a huge employer in the most populous and rapidly-growing countries on earth.
Tangible v. intangible assets
Intangible assets currently account for 90% of the assets of the companies that make up the S&P500.
Credit card business
Fertility and education
In the 1980s fertility in the US still used to decline linearly with a woman's education. By the 1990s no longer!
Source: IMF
The spread of dumplings
Last surrender
Former Japanese soldier Hiroo Onoda, finally surrendering in 1974 after living in the jungle for 29 years © The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images
Onoda’s isolation began with a command. As the Japanese retreated in early 1945, the young intelligence officer was ordered to remain on the island to hamper the enemy’s progress through guerrilla tactics. Japan capitulated just a few months later. But for 29 years Onoda fought on, initially with several other soldiers but eventually alone. As his minor war of attrition continued — with the odd shot fired, a water buffalo slaughtered for meat — he became in Herzog’s narrative “an elusive and deadly mist, a rumour, a report”.
Source: FT
Foreign Office exam
Force of nature
Watch this video. It is truly unbelievable.
Yuri Gagarin, Yuri Chernov, 1972
