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Nov 6, 2023Liked by Hamish Clarke

Hamish,

You forgot to mention that disturbance (disasters) are a positive economic event - they stimulate the economy & increase GDP from the rebuilding & recovery activities they require (after the event) ...

Mike W.

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Thank God for economics

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Nov 6, 2023Liked by Hamish Clarke

Interesting.

That UN system reminds me of a trivia question I heard recently:

Q: Who said, “You can fight fire with fire, so we can fight lack of acknowledgment of fire with lack of acknowledgment of fire”?

(A: it was controversial theorists Paul Odgic and Hezin de Nyle, and ironically, both were later fired)

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