Tag: global flows
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It was the opening days of 2022, in the aftermath of a huge volcanic eruption, when Tonga went dark. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/09/what-lies-beneath-the-growing-threat-to-the-hidden-network-of-cables-that-power-the-internet more ›
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A consensus is emerging that the world is cleaving into blocs—not only geopolitically but economically, too. In 2020, the economist Douglas Irwin wrote that “the COVID-19 pandemic is driving the… more ›
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The concert is in London. You’re watching it live from your home in Atlanta. https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/features/the-secret-life-of-the-500-cables-that-run-the-internet/ more ›
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Private jets have rightfully earned their reputation as symbols of excess. As society’s wealth has concentrated in fewer hands over the last several decades, there has been an explosion in… more ›
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The Malian discovery was vivid evidence for what a small group of scientists, studying hints from seeps, mines, and abandoned wells, had been saying for years: Contrary to conventional wisdom,… more ›
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Globalization is not the only—or even the real—story of the global economy over the past four decades. In The Globalization Myth: Why Regions Matter, Shannon K. O’Neil shows that the… more ›
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Europe will spend the winter debating its previous dependency on energy from Russia. Latin America should be rethinking its dependency on fertilizer from Russia and elsewhere outside the hemisphere. Analysts… more ›
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Platforms are hiring gig workers around the world to write steamy romance novels for English-speaking readers. The emerging web novel industry spans the globe, taking a business model from Asia,… more ›
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“Banks must be trusted to hold our money and transfer it electronically, but they lend it out in waves of credit bubbles with barely a fraction in reserve.” – Satoshi… more ›