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Housing. Rent, killed. If you can’t find a place to rent, blame the government
Foolish crusades against landlords have made housing shortages worse | Leaders (2025)
Australia wants to lead the big tech crackdown
It is more likely to be an example of how not to go about banning social media | Asia (2024)
Javier Milei: “My contempt for the state is infinite”
Argentina’s president is idolised by the Trumpian right. They should get to know him better | Leaders (2024)
The Olympics and The new geography of Paris
Reshaping the French capital and its banlieues | Europe (2024)
How Europe’s fear of migrants came to dominate its foreign policy
The me-first school of diplomacy. Trade, aid and visas are increasingly conditional on helping Europe stem migration | Europe (2024)
Energy: A millennial is building America’s first nickel-cobalt refinery
But it’s proving ethically trickier than she expected | United States (2024)
Epic Games' Tim Sweeney calls out Apple's 'bitter griping' after its EU fine over anticompetitive practices | TechCrunch
"Denial is a river that flows through Cupertino!," said Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, a notorious Apple critic who also sued the tech giant for (2024)
Democracy in Latin America. Chile’s crisis is not over yet
Political tumult is now the norm in the country | The Americas (2024)
Oil in Brazil. The perils of Petrobras
Why Lula keeps meddling with Latin America’s top oil company. His worst instincts are undermining the national oil company’s hard-won gains | The A... (2024)
“National conservatives” are forging a global front against liberalism
Nationalist of the world, unite! The alliance may be incoherent, but that does not make it harmless | Briefing (2024)
Silicon rally: As San Francisco builds the future of technology, can it rebuild itself?
Cities: one of America’s great cities has a fresh chance to rebuild itself. People feared a doom loop. Reality has been more surprising | Leaders (2024)
Special Report: Carbon-dioxide removal needs more attention
It is vital to climate stabilisation, remarkably challenging and systematically ignored | Special report (2023)
AI Regulation: EU lawmakers deal on 'global first' AI rules | TechCrunch
After marathon 'final' talks which stretched to almost three days European Union lawmakers have tonight clinched a political deal on a risk-based A... (2023)
Investment policy: Why German bosses are heaping unexpected praise on France
Rivals on the Rhine. It is not how things used to be | Europe (2023)
To save the Amazon, Lula must work out who owns it
The fight against deforestation is going better. But it needs cash, cops—and a better property register | The Americas (2023)
The Mittelstand will redeem German innovation
Deutschland AG’s bright light bulb | Business (2023)
The EU’s endless search for a migration fix
Migration and the EU. An internal deal comes together while a cross-Mediterranean one falls apart | Europe (2023)
Redividing the world. Governments across the world are discovering “homeland economics”
Special report, the world economy. Introducing industrial policy is a big mistake, argues Callum Williams | Special report (2023)
California cracks down on carbon. Business and the climate. Emissionary zeal
California’s crackdown on carbon will have international repercussions. It is not just attacking big oil. Big everything is in the line of fire | B... (2023)
Why the EU will not remain the world’s digital über-regulator
It is not a big enough player in AI | Europe (2023)
America’s plan to cut drug prices comes with unpleasant side-effects
American medicine. A bitter pricing pill. A lot to cut drug prices is changing how pharma firms make medicines. It is already changing how pharm... (2023)
Italy’s beaches are a battleground of the European economy
The politics of beach concessions boil over | Europe (2023)
Lost Water in Amman, Jordan
The desert city of Amman is running out of water. Meanwhile, officials fixate on gleaming visions of growth, perpetuating the fantasy that urban dy... (2023)
Britain doubles down on the life-sciences industry
The government vows to clear hurdles so the sector can flourish. Will it be enough? Official efforts to boost the life sciences sector are welcome,... (2023)
Industrial policy. Diluted about manufacturing.
An industrial arms race is underway. America, welcomes it, saying the world needs green technologies and a diversified supply of chips. But, Subsid... (2023)
Argentina’s upcoming election; Annual inflation of 114% is pushing Argentina to the right
Patricia Bullrich and Javier Milei are rising in the polls for this year’s presidential election | The Americas The annual inflation rate, of 11... (2023)
Banking. The financial system is slipping into state control
Government control the banking sector; What will it look like after the next spell of instability? | Finance & economics (2023)
Europe can’t decide how to unplug from China
We calculate the continent’s exposure to China | International How should Europe handle China? The continent is trying to decide. After decades ... (2023)
De-growth: Meet the lefty Europeans who want to shrink the economy
De-growers of the world, unite! | Europe Stop the economy, lefty Europeans want to get off. “Panels of citizens can advise what is wasteful ... (2023)
China’s startup boom. A new breed of unicorn. How to make it big in Xi Jinping’s China
The government is favoring firms at the heart of a tech transformation. We crunch the numbers on the country’s most valuable startups | Business (2023)
Switzerland, Norway and Iceland REFUSE to join the EU. Why?
Switzerland, Norway, and Iceland: three nations with deep European roots that remain outside the European Union, despite their geographical and cul... (2024)
The end of globalization? How Biden's Inflation Reduction Act IRA changed the world | FT Film
The US was for decades the exemplar of free market globalisation. That changed with Donald Trump’s 'America first' agenda. President Joe Biden’s la... (2023)
H-1B visa holders: How The U.S. Lost Thousands Of High-Skilled Workers To Canada
On July 16, 2023 Canada opened visa applications for a pilot program that would allow up to 10,000 H-1B visa holders in the United States to apply ... (2023)
Solar panel canopies: How to fight climate change with parking lots
Why haven’t we covered them in solar panels? (2023)
How the U.S. Government Broke the Everglades | Everglades National Park
After a devastating hurricane and chronic flooding issues, the US Government, along with the State of Florida, embarked on a project which would ch... (2023)
A Faster Way to Get to a Clean Energy Future | Ramez Naam | TED
When it comes to cost, clean energy is bound to beat out fossil fuels, says technologist Ramez Naam. But the hesitancy to build amid the prevalence... (2023)
Why America's Biggest Cities Are Littered With Vacant Lots | WSJ
From New York to Austin, America’s biggest cities are littered with vacant plots of land because property tax bills can skyrocket once vacant lots ... (2023)
Why So Much Land In The West Is Owned By The Federal Government
Why So Much Land In The West Is Owned By The Federal Government (2023)
How Denmark took a hard line on Immigrants | Foreign Correspondent
‘What is Danish?’ asks comedian Ellie Jokar. Born in Iran, now a Dane, Ellie struggles to understand why her once friendly country has pulled up th... (2023)
How Singapore Solved Housing
How Singapore Solved Housing (2022)
The Real Reason U.S.Highways Are Always Under Construction - Cheddar Explains
Wherever you drive, highway construction seems unavoidable, but U.S. roads have needed so much repair and maintenance, you start to wonder if we’re... (2022)
The law that broke US immigration - Vox
Why the US has so many undocumented immigrants. Immigration looked very different before 1996, when President Bi... (2022)
Liberal Hypocrisy is Fueling American Inequality. Here’s How. | NYT Opinion
It’s easy to blame the other side. And for many Democrats, it’s obvious that Republicans are thwarting progress toward a more equal society.But wha... (2021)
Simpson's Paradox - Statistics
Thanks to brilliant.org/minutephysics for sponsoring this video! This video is about Simpson's paradox, a statistical paradox and ecological fallac... (2020)
Warren’s Wealth Tax, reviewed - “A better way to tax the rich” - VOX
American wealth inequality is staggering. A wealth tax, which would hone in on the money people actually have, rather than just the money we earn a... (2019)
Congressional Fundraising: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight Published on Apr 3, 2016 Lawmakers have to raise money to keep their jobs, but a surprising amount of their job now consists of r... (2019)
Brexit III: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
The UK could officially leave the European Union next month, which would be a huge change with hugely damaging consequences. Connect with Last Week... (2019)
TEDed - What is the tragedy of the commons? - Nicholas Amendolare
View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-the-tragedy-of-the-commons-nicholas-amendolare... (2018)
Documentary: Barcelona and the Trials of 21st Century Overtourism – Skift
Is the world ready for two billion travelers? This is the question we repeatedly ask ourselves as we wait in line at tourist attractions, watch entire (2017)
'We The People' for The Global Goals
A new plan for people and planet has just launched - the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development. Tell everyone! add your very own intro to thi... (2018)
The Sustainable Development Goals – Action Towards 2030 | CAFOD and SDGs
CAFOD Published on Aug 16, 2016 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as part of Agenda 2030 Su... (2018)
Understanding the Dimensions of Sustainable Development
simpleshow Published on Aug 22, 2017 The 2030 Agenda and its 17 Goals for Sustainable Development are an ambitious commitment of the world comm... (2018)
How We Can Make the World a Better Place by 2030 | Michael Green | TED Talks
TED Published on Nov 3, 2015 Can we end hunger and poverty, halt climate change and achieve gender equality in the next 15 years? The governmen... (2018)
The Sustainable Development Goals – Action Towards 2030 | CAFOD and SDGs
CAFOD Published on Aug 16, 2016 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as part of Agenda 2030 Su... (2018)
'We The People' for The Global Goals
A new plan for people and planet has just launched - the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development. Tell everyone! add your very own intro to thi... (2018)
How We Can Make the World a Better Place by 2030 | Michael Green | TED Talks
TED Published on Nov 3, 2015 Can we end hunger and poverty, halt climate change and achieve gender equality in the next 15 years? The governmen... (2018)
Understanding the Dimensions of Sustainable Development
simpleshow Published on Aug 22, 2017 The 2030 Agenda and its 17 Goals for Sustainable Development are an ambitious commitment of the world comm... (2018)
Right To Be Forgotten - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight Published on May 19, 2014 John Oliver covers the new European law that would allow people to erase themselves from internet sea... (2018)
Charter Schools - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight Published on Aug 21, 2016 Charter schools are privately run, publicly funded, and irregularly regulated. John Oliver explores w... (2018)
What if we ended the injustice of bail? | Robin Steinberg - TED
On any given night, more than 450,000 people in the United States are locked up in jail simply because they don't have enough money to pay bail. Th... (2018)
How subsidies helped Montreal become "the Hollywood of video games" : Planet Money : NPR
For decades, Montreal has used generous tax subsidies to boost its video game industry. The policy has succeeded, but the city may need to keep the... (2022)
Work V. Wealth: Capital Gains Tax, Explained | On Point
The capital gains tax. The Biden administration wants to raise it. But why is capital taxed less than work to begin with? (2021)
Contact tracing: So promising. So invasive. - Should This Exist? - Podcast
Listen to this episode from Should This Exist? on Spotify. It’s one of the best weapons we have to contain a pandemic. But can it defe... (2020)
The case for ending the filibuster - Vox
Listen to this episode from Today, Explained on Spotify. Even if Democrats win the White House, take the Senate, and hold the House, most of their ... (2020)
Babbage: Apple's Epic battle - The Economist | Podcast
Babbage from Economist Radio on Spotify. This week a judge heard the first arguments in an antitrust case that could reshape the software ecosy... (2020)
Ex-Officials Call For $46 Billion For Tracing, Isolating In Next Coronavirus Package
Leading former federal health officials Andy Slavitt and Scott Gottlieb are leading a call for $46 billion for specific measures in a next coronavi... (2020)
Podcast: The long path to a post-pandemic reality
MIT Technology Review’s editor-in-chief Gideon Lichfield explains the key testing and tracing measures we’ll need before we can even think about ea... (2020)
Episode 166 — Fence-building vs. Axe-wielding | Exponent
Ben and James discuss Senator Warren’s proposal to break up Big Tech, including why its history is wrong, why details matter, and what needs to be ... (2019)
National Sword - 99% Invisible
Where does your recycling go? In most places in the U.S., you throw it in a bin, and then it gets carted off to be sorted and cleaned at a Material... (2019)
Europe's Direction in 2019 | Council on Foreign Relations
Matthias Matthijs joins Jim Lindsay to discuss Europe in 2019. (2019)
YC podcast #97 - David Hua and Vincent Ning, an episode from Y Combinator on Spotify
David Hua is CEO and cofounder of Meadow. Meadow makes retail and delivery software for dispensaries. They were part of the Winter 2015 batch. You ... (2018)
India Aims For The World's Biggest Health Care Overhaul : NPR
Posh private hospitals give world-class care — and serve lattes. At government facilities, cancer patients sleep on the sidewalk. But the prime min... (2018)
Supreme Court Leaves 'Wild West' Of Partisan Gerrymandering In Place — For Now : NPR (2018)
The court on Monday, in twin partisan gerrymandering cases from Wisconsin and Maryland, said either that challengers didn't have standing or didn't... (2018)
In Miami, Combating Climate Change Street by Street | The Takeaway | WNYC Studios
In light of sea-level-rise threats, local organizations have begun to shift their missions towards resources and solutions in greater Miami that co... (2018)
The threat to world trade (podcast) | The Economist on Spotify
Our cover this week warns against the damage that will be inflicted by America’s impending tariffs on steel and aluminium. For the first time in de... (2018)
a16z Podcast: All about Bike Sharing – Andreessen Horowitz
This episode of the a16z Podcast — including city of Dallas councilmember Lee Kleinman, chairman of their Mobility Solutions, Infrastructure, and S... (2018)
Book: Build the Fort: The Startup Community Builder’s Field Guide - Brad Feld
Chris Heivly released Build the Fort: The Startup Community Builder’s Field Guide. I encourage you to get Chris’s book if you are a startup communi... (2023)
Common Core - National Education Standards and the Threat to Democracy
National Education Standards and the Threat to Democracy, by Nicholas Tampio The Common Core State Standards Initiative is one of the most contr... (2017)
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoğlu
"The best explanation of the “institutional” school of economics. Why “inclusive institutions” promote growth and extractive ones don’t." - The Eco... (2018)
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoğlu
"The best explanation of the “institutional” school of economics. Why “inclusive institutions” promote growth and extractive ones don’t." - The Eco... (2018)
The High Cost of Free Parking - (book) by Donald C. Shoup
American drivers park for free on nearly ninety-nine percent of their car trips, and cities require developers to provide ample off-street parking ... (2018)