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Four Lost Cities: The Secret History of the Urban Age
By Annalee Newitz
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Vivek Srinivasan
Perverse Incentives
Businesses have incentives. Are they ever positive?
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Break a leg
What does it have to do with luck?
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Decimate
What has destruction got to do with 10
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The Value of a Whale
by Adrienne Buller
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Vivek Srinivasan

May 2025

Champagne
A flawed drink became a luxury, and how this transformation occurred.
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Vivek Srinivasan
Credit Rating
A weapon that is used against countries that are often referred to as the global south
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Immigration
What if labour was treated exactly the way capital is?
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Upcycling Food
The food industry produces a lot of waste. Have you ever wondered what happens to it?
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Hipster
The origin of the word is from India and a legacy of the British narco trade
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Playing Chicken
Two large economies are going at each other. This duel was avoidable, but now that it has been set up, there can be only one winner. No prizes for…
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April 2025

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