
Essentials #2

This is the highest market capitalization in the history of the financial markets. The record, reached on 16th December 2019, goes to Saudi Aramco, the former national company charged with exploiting the oil reserves of Saudi Arabia.
Source: BNN Bloomberg, Dec. 2019.
it would take a tax of $75 per tonne of carbon, compared to the current figure of $2, to successfully limit the rise in global temperature to 2°C above pre-industrial levels, as stipulated in the Paris Agreements.
Source: IMG.org, Dec. 2019.
According to an analysis of Uber journeys made in the United States, more than 15% of customers tip, even though the payments are anonymous and do not confer any advantage on the traveller. Almost 60% of people never tip, and only 1% do so systematically.
Source: nber.org, Dec. 2019.