What is the debt ceiling?
As America's government hits the debt ceiling, US politics has become a multi-trillion dollar game of chicken. If neither side backs ...
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Beyond ChatGPT: what chatbots mean for the future
With the arrival of generative AI chatbots, artificial intelligence no longer seems the preserve of science fiction. Now that the bots ...
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The World Ahead 2023: five stories to watch out for
What stories should you be following in 2023? From India becoming the world's most populous country, to an illegal drug that ...
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How do banks actually create money? We explain
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Hydrogen: fuel of the future?
It's been hailed as fuel of the future. Hydrogen is clean, flexible and energy efficient. But in practice there are huge hurdles to ...
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Was Karl Marx right?
Karl Marx remains surprisingly relevant 200 years after his birth. He rightly predicted some of the pitfalls of capitalism, but his ...
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What is consciousness?
Understanding what consciousness is, and why and how it evolved, is perhaps the greatest mystery known to science. Click here ...
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Why it's harder to earn more than your parents
In the 21st century it's got harder to earn more than your parents and to climb the social ladder. What's gone wrong, and what can ...
The Economist
Why is chicken so cheap?
People eat 65 billion chickens every year. It is the fastest-growing meat product. Yet pound for pound the price of chicken has ...
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How modern families increase social inequality
Modern families with two working adults are richer than those with a single breadwinner, and can afford to take a different ...
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How to make poor areas richer
Many people in the rich world are feeling the pinch, particularly in its poorest regions. As the cost of living rises, how can such “left ...
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How Africa could one day rival China
Africa is changing so fast, it is becoming hard to ignore. In the short term the continent faces many problems, including covid-19, ...
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Why does time pass?
The equations of physics suggest time should be able to go backwards as well as forwards. Experience suggests, though, that it ...
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How does raising interest rates control inflation?
When central banks raise interest rates, the impact is felt far and wide. Mortgages become more expensive, house prices might fall ...
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Why is there still poverty in America?
In America almost 40m people—one eighth of its population—live in poverty. Why does the richest big country in the world still ...
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Is it worth having kids?
Fertility rates are falling across the rich world, as more and more people are weighing up whether to have children. Raising them ...
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The true costs of ageing
The rich world is ageing fast. How can societies afford the looming costs of caring for their growing elderly populations? film ...
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What does a cashless future mean?
Many countries are going cashless at great speed. What are the advantages of ditching hard cash and what are the dangers?
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Could digital currencies put banks out of business?
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have been billed as a major disruptor to finance. But digital currencies issued by governments might ...
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See what three degrees of global warming looks like
If global temperatures rise three degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the results would be catastrophic. It's an entirely ...
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T.J. Maxx’s Recession-Proof Pricing Strategy, Explained | WSJ The Economics Of
T.J. Maxx and Marshall's parent company TJX made almost $50 billion last year – more than Nordstrom and Macy's combined.
Wall Street Journal
Climate change: what is ocean acidification?
As carbon emissions change the chemistry of the seas, ocean acidification threatens marine life and human livelihoods.
The Economist
What’s the future of food?
Over one-third of greenhouse-gas emissions come from food production. For a greener future, this urgently needs to change.
The Economist
Why are wars getting longer?
The outbreak of violence in Sudan isn't an anomaly; the world's civil wars are growing longer and deadlier. Robert Guest, The ...
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The true cost of fast fashion
Millions of tonnes of clothes end up in landfill every year—it's one of the fastest-growing categories of waste in the world. How can ...
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How to manage a megacity
By 2050, 6 billion people could be living in cities. How should the challenges caused by rapid urbanization be handled in the ...
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How to stop AI going rogue
Artificial intelligence is improving so fast that no one knows what it might be capable of. It brings huge opportunities, but also huge ...
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The Coronation: King Charles's finances unpacked
King Charles III is estimated to have around £600m in private wealth. In the lead-up to his coronation, The Economist explores ...
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The future of work: is your job safe?
The world of work will be radically different in the future. From hyper-surveillance of staff to digital nomadism to robots taking ...
The Economist
How Is Trader Joe’s So Cheap and Popular? | WSJ The Economics Of
Trader Joe's has been selling bananas for 19 cents each – for the past two decades. The grocery store offers remarkably fewer ...
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How to fuel the future
America, under President Donald Trump, is securing its “energy independence” with oil and gas. But unlike fossil fuels, ...
The Economist
How AI is transforming the creative industries
Artificial intelligence is helping humans make new kinds of art. It is more likely to emerge as a collaborator than a competitor for ...
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Charity: how effective is giving?
Today's super-rich are putting record sums into tackling the world's most pressing problems. But how altruistic is this golden age of ...
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Why Belgium is now the cocaine capital of Europe
With record seizures of cocaine at Belgian ports, the country has become Europe's cocaine-trafficking capital. As the flow of drugs ...
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How can business survive climate change?
Climate change is about to upend the corporate world through weather-related disasters, regulation and lawsuits. Can businesses ...
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The internet's second revolution
The second half of humanity is joining the internet. People in countries like India will change the internet, and it will change them.
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Crypto: will the bitcoin dream succeed?
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies set out to upend the financial order and replace conventional money. Bitcoin has certainly ...
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How will businesses use the metaverse?
The metaverse could offer multi-trillion-dollar opportunities for businesses in the long term, with the potential to transform many ...
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The minimum wage: does it hurt workers?
Joe Biden has pledged to raise America's national minimum wage to $15 an hour. Economists traditionally believed that minimum ...
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An economist walks into a bar | Robert Litan | TEDxKC
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Litan's talk explores the surprising ...
TEDx Talks
Green energy: Which sources are the most sustainable?
Fossil fuels still supply about 80% of the world's power. How can energy be produced and used more sustainably to meet climate ...
The Economist
The Business Strategies Behind Costco, Starbucks, Chick-fil-A and More | WSJ The Economics Of
What are some of the strategies of the most successful businesses around the world? From Chick-fil-A and Starbucks, to Ikea and ...
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