Economic risk is a nebulous term with a variety of definitions. In a nutshell, it is the risk that an endeavor will be economically unsustainable, for a variety of reasons ranging from a change in economic trends to fraudulent activities which ruin the outcome of the project.
The summer solstice arrives Sunday June 21. Those of us in the Northern Hemisphere know it as the longest day of the year.
Summer solstice 2014: The longest day, but not the hottest. This is solargraph made with a pinhole camera. It shows the period from the summer solstice (highest streaks) to the winter solstice (lowest streaks) in 2009 in New Mexico. Today, June 21, is the summer solstice, and the longest day of the year, at least in the Northern Hemisphere.