12 March

Distribution, you’d think it was as simple as an equal share for all. Alas no, if there’s only food for 20 people sharing it equally among 100 means all 100 starve. These are the impossibly complex sorts of questions administrators around the world are having to take right now, like in the Italian health system. You know, the people everybody hates - bureaucrats. That ‘red tape’ might be the thing that lets you see Christmas.