The economic impact of global warming is heating up
Breakfast with Benjamin: According to the COP21 conference in Paris this week, global warming is on a pace to eventually hurt the economy.
- At 1.7 degrees per 135 years, global warming is on a pace to eventually hurt the economy, or at least that’s what they’re saying in Paris this week. It could get even warmer over the next 85 years.
- The Fed has limited its ability to prop up failing banks. No more tailoring emergency loans.
- When the world’s largest public pension fund loses $64 billion in a single quarter, it’s best to think of it in percentage terms. A 5.56% decline.
- Crowdfunding meets holiday shopping with a list of gift ideas you won’t see at that mall. The onesie business suit for the entrepreneur who hates dressing up for meetings.
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