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Hockey Sticks and Crosses

August 27, 2023August 24, 2023 by Anthea Roberts

Two types of images are key to understanding current debates about economic globalization: the hockey stick chart, representing the stunning and inexorable growth of some phenomenon; and the cross chart, whose lines represent changes in relative power and prosperity.

Death by hockey sticks

September 16, 2022September 15, 2022 by Tom Murphy

You may be familiar with the term “hockey stick curve,” used describe a trend that has been flat/stable for a very long time, but shoots up at the end of the series in dramatic fashion, resembling the shape of a hockey stick.