Introduction

Papazian, Armen V.

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1.
The song was written by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock inspired by the 1902 monologue by Sholem Aleichem ‘If I Were Rothschild’ (Aleichem 1949).
2.
The UK hosted the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow between 31st of October and 13th of November 2021.
3.
These experiments tested Malkiel’s (1973) claim and were widely reported and discussed in the media (Ferri 2012; Kueppers 2001).
4.
Soon to be mandatory in the UK (UK Government, 2021).
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Interestingly, the fossil fuel industry was the largest delegate group at COP26, see McGrath (2021). Also, banks are still some of the major investors in the fossil fuel industry. A recent report reveals that banks have allocated more than $1.5 trillion to the coal industry since 2019 (Ainger 2022; Urgewald 2022, 2021).
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Indeed, foreclosures have already started to rise since pandemic-related constraints have been removed. See Olick (2021).

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