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What Smart Cities REALLY Want…

[…] Saudi Arabia’s NEOM smart city project has gotten a lot of attention lately, but Japan has a handful of smart cities in development that are every bit as innovative and weird and… maybe problematic? Especially a project called The … Continue reading

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Jeff Bezos: Amazon and Blue Origin | Lex Fridman Podcast #405

Jeff Bezos is the founder of Amazon and Blue Origin. Thank you for listening ❤ Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Notion: https://notion.com/lex – Policygenius: https://policygenius.com/lex – MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lexpod to get 15% off – Eight Sleep: … Continue reading

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Why the price of Coke didn’t change for 70 years (classic) | Planet Money

October 11, 20234:22 PM ET By David Kestenbaum Mike Fisher/Flickr This episode originally ran in 2012. Prices go up. Occasionally, prices go down. But for 70 years, the price of a bottle of Coca-Cola didn’t change. From 1886 until the … Continue reading

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Inside Berlin’s Tegel airport three years after it closed – BBC News

Berlin’s Tegel airport was for decades the city’s gateway to the world, transporting millions of passengers ever year to and from the German capital. When it closed in 2020 there was one big question – what to do with such … Continue reading

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How Russia has replaced Western brands | Business Beyond

Since big Western brands like McDonald’s pulled out of Russia, an array of copycat companies have replaced them. Instead of Starbucks, IKEA and Dunkin’ – Russia now has Stars Coffee, Swed House and Donutto. McDonald’s is now Vkusno I Tochka. … Continue reading

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Do We Really Live Under Capitalism?

ne of the most common objections to critiques of capitalism is “we don’t have real capitalism, we have corporatism” or “crony capitalism” or even “techno-feudalism.” These claims are often well-intentioned, but they miss the point. Let’s talk about capitalism, corporatism, … Continue reading

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What Happens When Economics Doesn’t Reflect the Real World?

Anwar Shaikh, Professor of Economics at the New School, explores alternatives to economic orthodoxies, and the findings of his book Capitalism: Competition, Conflict, Crises. […]

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The average cost of groceries in Britain vs America

Today we look into the cost of basic groceries like onions and cornflakes to find surprising results in the US and the UK. […]  

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How Economists Invented Austerity & Paved the Way to Fascism

Clara Mattei discusses her new book “The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism” Find the book: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/… Learn more about modern austerity: https://www.theguardian.com/commentis… Explore Professor Mattei’s other research: https://www.newschool.edu/nssr/facult… […]

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Patagonia’s Founder Gives $3B Company to Nonprofit Fighting Climate Change | My Modern Met

By Jessica Stewart on September 15, 2022 Photo: BalkansCat/Depositphotos “We’re making Earth our only shareholder. I am dead serious about saving this planet.” Nearly 50 years after Yvon Chouinard founded outdoor apparel maker Patagonia, he’s relinquishing control for the good … Continue reading

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