Elon Musk's Basic Economics
AdultsEconomyTechnologyImagine a $2,000 car... or a $100 laptop... or a $70 iPhone... or imagine any product, ten times cheaper than it was.
World's 10 Most Prosperous Countries
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You Are Not What You Earn
AdultsPersonal FinanceSocietyWorkEconomySelfThe modern world firmly equates how much we earn with how good, noble, wise and worthy of honour we are. This is a brutal misunderstanding of how salaries are determined. We need to operate with a far more nuanced view of what the money we earn says about us.
The life cycle of a t-shirt - Angel Chang
AdultsEconomyIndustryFashionEnvironmentConsider the classic white t-shirt. Annually, we sell and buy 2 billion t-shirts globally, making it one of the most common garments in the world. But how and where is the average t-shirt made, and what's its environmental impact? Angel Chang traces the life cycle of a t-shirt.
Will the ocean ever run out of fish? - Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Jennifer Jacquet
AdultsAnimalsNatureWorldScienceEnvironmentEconomySocietyWhen most people think of fishing, we imagine relaxing in a boat and patiently reeling in the day's catch. But modern industrial fishing -- the kind that stocks our grocery shelves -- looks more like warfare. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Jennifer Jacquet explain overfishing and its effects on ecosystems, food security, jobs, economies, and coastal cultures.
Why Trains are so Expensive
AdultsEconomyTechnologyTransportationTrains require a lot of people to operate.
The real reason streetcars are making a comeback
AdultsCitiesEconomyTransportationAutomotiveIt's mostly about economic development.
Jing-Jin-Ji, A MEGALOPOLIS | China's Future MEGAPROJECTS: Part 1
AdultsConstructionFutureTechnologyCitiesEconomyJing-Jin-Ji: China is in the midst of a construction spree unparalleled in human history. These are the Megaprojects that will lift China into the future. China wants to make its capital, Beijing, the center of the world's largest supercity, by merging three provinces into one continuous megalopolis of 130 million people.
Why We Hate Cheap Things
AdultsFoodPersonal FinanceEconomyCultureIn assessing what material things are important and worth paying attention to, we're oddly prejudiced against cheapness - and frustratingly drawn to the expensive, for reasons that don't necessarily stand up to examination.
Why there are twice as many solar jobs as coal jobs
AdultsGlobal WarmingTechnologyWorkEnergyEconomyEnvironmentAmerica is changing how it gets its energy, and coal is losing out.
Wait... Is China Really the Leader in Green Energy?
AdultsGlobal WarmingWorldPoliticsEnvironmentEconomyWith plans to pull out of the Paris climate deal, the US is quickly falling behind in the race for clean energy. So who's winning?