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Unfit for Next Crisis; Laughable Banking Union Revisited

MishTalk

This provision is expected to be in place at least until 2026. The answer is simple: A crisis preceded by a poorly constructed banking union that promised illusory security. However, any funds would have to be borrowed by a national government on behalf of banks, and that country would also be liable for the loan.

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Clean Energy Transition: Business Risks and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

Over the next few decades, nearly 60 nuclear plants were constructed, producing the energy equivalent of 100 million tons of oil. Many of these jobs will be focused on construction, research, and development to design and build the new technology and infrastructure needed to support the clean energy transition. Business Risks.

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The “Smart Society” of the Future Doesn’t Look Like Science Fiction

Harvard Business

trillion by 2026. Collectively, the D5 nations serve two important purposes for our project: They give us a way to construct a global benchmark that can be used to assess D5 nations and other countries, and they each offer a case study and model for what smart can look like. trillion by 2020, and $3.5