- The Ecologist is to abandon print and re-launch as an online brand, from June this year. Kind of a shame – my subscription copy is the highlight of my postal month, but a 40 year online archive and world-class website sounds like a worthy evolution.
- The people at mint.com make beautifully simple diagrams of economic concepts. Thanks to Phil for the the deflation explanation.
- China is considering setting carbon emission targets for the first time, which is good news for the Copenhagen talks.
- The long standing US sanctions against Cuba have been lifted. Let’s hope they manage to resist a tide of cheap US imports.
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