Phoenix is hot and only getting hotter

This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion publishes each week based on [Bloomberg]( This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion publishes each week based on web readership. [Phoenix Is Facing a Hurricane Katrina of Heat. It’s Not Alone.]( — Mark Gongloff Photographer: Brandon Bell/Getty Images In his must-read book [The Heat Will Kill You First](, author Jeff Goodell talks to an Arizona State University infrastructure expert about the likelihood of a “Hurricane Katrina of extreme heat,” an event in which a power failure during a heat wave kills thousands of people, with government authorities dangerously unprepared. The expert calls such an event about as likely as another intense hurricane hitting New Orleans: “It’s more a question of when, not if.” As a matter of fact, a Heat Katrina may already be happening, just in slow motion. In Arizona’s Maricopa County, home to the capital of Phoenix, nearly 2,000 people have died of heat-related deaths in the past five years. Built in a desert with limited [water supplies]( and expanding rapidly, Phoenix, once called “the world’s [least-sustainable city](,” might be an extreme case. But it’s also a cautionary tale of what to expect as the planet warms and tests the boundaries of human survivability. Read the [whole thing]( for free. [The Fed Thinks It’s Fighting Inflation. Think Again.]( — Bill Dudley [The End of Greenwashing Is Now Within Sight]( — Michael R. Bloomberg [Private Credit and Mini-Millionaires Don’t Mix]( — Shuli Ren [Market Is Weighing a Very Different Trump Verdict]( — John Authers [Everyone Wants Elon Musk’s Attention]( — Matt Levine [Israel Will Always Be Held to a Different Standard]( — Marc Champion [India’s State Sector Is Thriving. That’s a Problem]( — Mihir Sharma [Slow-Moving Property Crisis Means Averting a Greater One]( — Robert Burgess [Biden Is the Best President That Business Can Hope For]( — Matthew Yglesias More From Bloomberg Opinion Here’s what we’ve been listening to and watching this week. - A lot of people talk about [uniting America](. Frank Barry wanted to find out how we can actually do it, so he got in an RV and started driving. - [Burnout is particularly bad in Singapore](. Karishma Vaswani says it’s time to chill and recognize success doesn’t look the same for everyone. - [Chinese EVs are everywhere]( in Australia. And as far as David Fickling knows, no one’s being spied on. Follow Us Like getting this newsletter? [Subscribe to Bloomberg.com]( for unlimited access to trusted, data-driven journalism and subscriber-only insights. Before it’s here, it’s on the Bloomberg Terminal. Find out more about how the Terminal delivers information and analysis that financial professionals can’t find anywhere else. [Learn more](. Want to sponsor this newsletter? [Get in touch here](. You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg's Opinion Today newsletter. If a friend forwarded you this message, [sign up here]( to get it in your inbox. [Unsubscribe]( [Bloomberg.com]( [Contact Us]( Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022 [Ads Powered By Liveintent]( [Ad Choices](