Tuesday linkage

• Historical data suggests climate change will hit poorer countries harder than is commonly thought.
• Dubai is sometimes seen as emblematic of the irrationality of our recent economic past. Here's a defence of that city from the British CEO of Emirates airlines.
• Trippin': First China came for the iron ore. Now they're after our hemp.
• Singapore's population crisis.
• A further update on two previous posts about US unemployment in various recessions: 

From the source: X-axis shows months. Y-axis shows the ratio of that month’s nonfarm payrolls to the nonfarm payrolls at start of recession.