The main global Diabetes hot spots are in Middle East and Latin America – not Europe or US. [via Conrad 
Hackett]
I’ve never met a meeting I couldn’t sleep through [h/t Chris Jochnick, zzzz]
Dani Rodrik argues that economics is a craft not a science: why economists should stop arguing about which is the ‘correct’ model and learn to apply different ones according to circumstances
Strikingly upbeat and religious take by Alex Evans 
on the climate movement’s model of change and current challenges
World Population Peak growth is long over (it peaked half a century ago). From Max Roser’s ‘Our World in Data’ web publication
Refugee crisis miscellany
What burden? Here’s one son of a Syrian migrant
Two Swedish entrepreneurs set up a ‘Refugee air’ airlift from 
Turkey after listening to a Hans Rosling video. Respect to all involved.
Lebanon has 1.2m Syrian refugees. Here’s Lebanon compared to the UK. [h/t Derek Payne]
5 history lessons (from previous crises) in how to deal with a refugee crisis
Remember the crying dad on a Greek beach? He looks a lot happier now he’s made it to Berlin
Way to go, Hungary: Hungarian journalist Petra Laszlo caught tripping fleeing Syrian refugees on camera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bvxKNiZpWk