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global economic corr, based in London. Previous: WaPo in China, NYT US econ. Mets, Brooklyn Nets (before that was cool). "Did you read the piece?"

London, England
Joined April 2010

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  2. A refreshing class act for these times

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  3. How Steve Bannon and an opportunistic Chinese billionaire exploited US right wing media to spread a conspiracy theory about China’s role in the pandemic. Important reporting from

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  4. Like the Dominic Cummings of California, Gavin Newson enjoys sumptuous meal at the French Laundry amid pandemic lockdown

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  5. The region also centralized services in hospitals and underinvested in general practitioners — another reason hospitals have been overrun. The first wave produced little change. Second wave is deadly

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  6. Like most of Europe, Italy remains a bastion of accessible health care compared to US. But region of Lombardy privatized aggressively without coordinating services. The result: lots of lucrative specialties; not enough basic medicine — a prescription for devastation in pandemic

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  7. How a botched medical privatization left one of the wealthiest places on earth uniquely vulnerable to the pandemic. Our story with ⁦

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  8. That is a factor, but it’s in part result of private creditor fearmongering. And staring at impossible debts risking default is another way to trigger a downgrade.

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  9. Useful story from ⁦⁩ on efforts to boost wealthy countries response to needs of poor countries in pandemic. Tho repeats as fact justification private creditors give for refusing debt: relief because poor countries fear downgrades

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  10. Sweden’s strange and tragic experiment in managing the pandemic with minimal restrictions appears to be ending, as cases and hospitalizations continue to soar

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  11. Signs of movement on IMF expanding arsenal to help developing countries in pandemic

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    Nov 17

    A big day for me — The Nine Lives of Pakistan is out in the U.S. It was a dream to write a book on the country that was home for so long. Then I woke up to this fantastic review in today’s .

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  14. If this report is to be believed, one of Trump’s legacies will be the forging of potentially the most potent offense in basketball history

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  15. Today in “the world has lost its mind"

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    Nov 15

    Chinatowns across Canada and the US this year have suffered a lot due to racism and huge business declines due to Covid-19. So for this Thanksgiving, skip the turkey and buy your family the best: roast duck, char siu, roast pork, and several kinds of Chinese pastries.

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  18. As covid cases surge in Sweden, with hospitalization rising, bogus claims of herd immunity revealed as fantasy. And yet still no recommendation for face masks

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  19. Never has the term “free trade deal” been less apt than as reference to the thing UK and EU are negotiating as post-brexit, which, whatever form it may take, is certain to make trade less free

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    Nov 12
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    Here's the data we crunched for how long it currently takes for the number of people in hospital to double ie hospitalisation growth rate

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