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2023-05-18

The financial revolution once promised by cryptocurrencies has been knocked off course by regulators and allegations of fraud. So what does the future hold for crypto?

Cypherpunk stills and Eric Hughes interview under creative commons licence: https://econ.st/3Iijagn

00:00 – The crypto party is over
01:06 – The history
03:30 – What is crypto?
04:38 – Uses around the world
06:07 – Layer 2 solutions
07:12 – Web3
08:51 – Data and privacy
10:04 – What is the future of crypto?

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Read the special report here: https://econ.st/44XT0JN

Silvergate is the latest victim of the crypto meltdown: https://econ.st/3ARpqb4

The hunt for FTX’s missing riches: https://econ.st/3ARpA2a

1843: After FTX: the five stages of crypto grief:

2023-05-05

Hurricanes are among the most dangerous natural phenomena on earth, causing billions of dollars of damage and destroying lives every year. But what turns a peaceful patch of ocean into the planet’s most destructive force, and how is this process being affected by climate change?

00:00 – What are tropical cyclones?
00:46 – The history of tropical cyclones
02:06 – How do they form?
04:33 – What happens when they reach land?
07:13 – What is the impact of climate change?

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Is climate change making hurricanes worse? https://econ.st/40MQW3O

Damage from climate change will be widespread and sometimes surprising: https://econ.st/3LD55fS

Florida’s government subsidises people living in hurricane zones:

2023-02-02

As carbon emissions change the chemistry of the seas, ocean acidification threatens marine life and human livelihoods. How worried should you be about climate change’s so-called “evil twin”?

Film supported by @NipponFoundationPR

00:00 The other carbon problem
00:50 How does the ocean’s deepest point reveal its past?
02:55 Why are baby oysters dying?
04:08 Is the ocean acidic?
05:21 What is causing ocean acidification?
06:01 Why are corals dissolving? / Will deep sea ecosystems survive?
08:35 A threat to human livelihoods
10:42 What are the ‘potato chips of the sea’?
12:04 What is the solution?

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How does Alaska’s nature reveal our past and future? https://econ.st/3E0Jdrb

Watch our film on how

2023-01-26

Dark matter and dark energy dominate our universe. They’re both highly mysterious, invisible and difficult to detect. So what are they, and how do we know they even exist?

00:00 – What is the universe made of?
01:53 – What is dark matter?
05:32 – What is dark energy?
08:54 – The future of the universe

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How astronomers know “dark matter” exists: https://econ.st/3Za8Pu3

Listen to an episode of our science podcast about the Large Hadron Collider: https://econ.st/3ClwH3T

The best of our science podcast, “Babbage”, from 2022: https://econ.st/3WFM1QZ

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Did dark matter do in the dinosaurs?

2023-01-07

China’s re-opening of its borders is set to be one of the biggest economic events of 2023. It will have global implications for consumers, companies and policymakers

00:00: China reopens its borders
01:28: The impact of zero covid on China’s economy
01:50: Tourism is about to change
02:33: How commodity prices will change
03:27: The impact on foreign investment

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The biggest economic event of 2023: https://econ.st/3WYdkGE

China’s current covid wave: https://econ.st/3ZfVtwg

Our model shows China’s death toll could be massive: https://econ.st/3GLj6Wo

2022-12-27

What stories should you be following in 2023? From India becoming the world’s most populous country, to an illegal drug that might be approved as a medicine, The Economist offers its annual look at the year ahead.

00:00 – The World Ahead 2023
00:35 – India’s population potential
04:30 – Psychedelic medicines
08:06 – Japan’s markets mayhem?
12:45 – Repairing the world
15:50 – The coronation’s colonial concerns

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Read Tom Standage’s editor’s note on The World Ahead 2023: https://econ.st/3WM5wY3

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Has China reached the peak of its powers? https://econ.st/3G3fgY8

India is continuing on its path to majoritarian chauvinism: https://econ.st/3jjZKOw

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2022-12-08

The quantity and quality of counterfeit sneakers has never been greater. As online sales boom, many buyers are deliberately choosing the steal over the real.

00:00 – The counterfeit epidemic
00:57 – How does eBay authenticate goods?
03:34 – What is driving the counterfeit boom?
05:24 – How is the sneaker resale market affecting counterfeits?
07:11 – What is the role of influencers?
08:56 – China: the world’s counterfeit capital
10:45 – Is sneaker counterfeiting a victimless crime?
11:59 – Can counterfeit production be stopped?

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How does e-commerce look different in Africa? https://econ.st/3QJXWuq

Is China’s export boom

2022-12-07