Day 1,762: fret, formative, doomscrolling, epidemic
Social scientists fret that Gen Z-ers, having spent their formative years doomscrolling and suffering from fomo, are now gripped by an epidemic of anxiety and depression.
Day 1,761: underpinning, subside, inducement, retrofit
Should homeowners who had no idea they were at risk have to pay for, say, concrete underpinning for a subsiding house?
Owners will need inducements to spend big sums retrofitting their homes to pollute less, which benefits everyone.
Day 1,760: forestall, dyke
Physical damage might be forestalled by investing in protection in properties themselves or in infrastructure.
In the Netherlands a system of dykes, ditches and pumps keeps the country dry;
Day 1,759: bail out, well-heeled, blunt, Apportion
Yet if taxpayers cough up instead, they will bail out well-heeled owners and blunt helpful incentives to adapt to the looming threat. Apportioning the costs will be hard for governments, not least because they know voters care so much about
Day 1,762: fret, formative, doomscrolling, epidemic
From tornadoes battering midwestern American suburbs to tennis-ball-size hailstones smashing the roofs of Italian villas, the severe weather brought about by greenhouse-gas emissions is shaking the foundations of the world’s most important
The last flaw is Mr Xi’s unrealistic view of entrepreneurs, the dynamos of the past 30 years.
Unless entrepreneurs are unshackled, innovation will suffer and resources will be wasted.
He detests the idea of bailing out speculative property firms or giving handouts to citizens. Young people should be less pampered and willing to “eat bitterness”, he said last year.
China will leapfrog steel and skyscrapers to a golden era of mass production of electric cars, batteries, biomanufacturing and the drone-based “low-altitude economy”.
Compared with 12 months ago, let alone the go-go years, the mood in China is dour. Although industrial production perked up in March, consumers are depressed, deflation lurks and many entrepreneurs are disillusioned.
Poorer countries, with less developed health infrastructure, have much to gain from introducing new tools, such as an ai-powered portable ultrasound device for obstetrics.
