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Global Trade
By weaponizing the global economy, the U.S. initiated a new era of economic warfare and transformed how major powers compete.
Both nations made missteps, but China still has a chance to make up lost ground.
Big Think spoke with historian Marc-William Palen about the egalitarian aims of the free-trade movement in past centuries.
Although it’s often described as the Amazon of China, Alibaba has a radically different business model that does not rely on inventory management.
Nearshoring may be the manufacturing model of the future.
Million Stories
Many countries just ship their plastic waste overseas.
Kublai Khan wasn’t the first ruler in history to issue paper money, but his Yuan dynasty did take unprecedented action to ensure this revolutionary form of currency retained its value.
Million Stories
A clear alternative has yet to emerge.
Only 1% of corn grown is the U.S. is the type that people eat.
Geopolitics is not a magic 8-ball. But making financial decisions — such as those regarding retirement — in a multipolar world without geopolitics is akin to flying blind in a storm.
Is 2022 the year the economy recovers?