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Asbestos: not such 
a cool name 
Name-dropping
MEDIUM

AUDIO
Progressive: 
Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez

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8 
Business Spotlight
1/2021
TRENDS
Fo
tos: www
.gv
.com; angXiaNuo
, chang/iS
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.com
NAMES AND NEWS
“It’s so
amazingly
efficient that I 
want to punch 
it in the face”
M.G.SIEGLER, 41, general manager 
at Google ventures, sharing
his feelings on back-to-back
video meetings 

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9 
1/2021
Business Spotlight
TRENDS
Laughing 
matter
According to research 
cited in the book 
Humor, 
Seriously,
 
by Dr Jennifer 
Aaker and Naomi Bag-
donas, 98 per cent of 
bosses prefer employ-
ees who can laugh. Also, 
84 per cent think those 
with a sense of humour 
do a better job.
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amazingly
,
erstaunlich
back-to-back
,
aufeinanderfolgend
billion
,
Milliarde(n)
cite sth. 
[saIt]
,
etw. anführen, nennen
gamer 
,
Spieler(in), Gamer(in) 
GDP (gross domestic 
product)
,
BIP (Brutto- 
inlandsprodukt)
government debt 
[det]
,
Staatsverschuldung
punch sb. 
,
jmdn. schlagen 
research 
[ri(s§:tS]
,
Forschung, Studie(n)
ventures
,
Projekte;
hier
:
Risikokapitalbereich
The expected UK government deficit (€440 bil-
lion) in the financial year 2020–21, caused largely 
by the coronavirus crisis. This amounts to 19 per 
cent of GDP, the highest level since 1944–45. Total 
government debt is expected to be 105 per cent of 
GDP, its highest level since 1959–60.
Source: Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) 
Source: Neil Campling, 
tech analyst, Mirabaud 
Securities, quoted in the 
Financial Times
200 million 
Number of gamers
worldwide 15 years ago
2.7 billion 
Number of gamers 
worldwide today

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10 
Business Spotlight
1/2021
TRENDS
M
osese Vesikara and his uncle, Kinikoto Mailautoka, 
are on the reef collecting sea urchins for lunch. Be-
neath the boat, the swelling water is clear despite 
how close Fiji’s lively capital, Suva, is. When out 
collecting, Vesikara and the other fishers carefully go around 
the 
tabu
— pronounced TAM-bo — a no-fishing zone marked 
by pillars stuck into the reef floor.
These 
tabus
are one way that Fijian communities manage 
their resources. Reintroduced to these waters after decades 
without them, they represent a return to traditional methods of 
reef and fishery management. The hope is that this traditional