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Why Canada Can't Solve It's Population Problem with Immigration
Feb 26, 2024Canada has gone through a lot in the last 10 years, and one of the biggest problems is the price of housing. Canadian cities are in such a small area of the country's landmass and housing construction...
Lebanon Lost Half Its Economy In 2 Years
Feb 23, 2024What led to Lebanon's devastating economic crisis, causing a shrinking population and half of its GDP to vanish? Why did it collapse, and what are the implications for other developing nations facing ...
Eritrea Is the Worst Economy on Earth
Feb 15, 2024We've talked about some incredibly poor countries on this channel before, but perhaps nothing as bad as the small East African country of Eritrea. This country is a complete military dictatorship, and...
Is Capitalism Inevitable?
Feb 10, 2024Capitalism is the system that has helped the world become infinitely more wealthy than it has ever been in human history, but there are problems. A disregard for the drawbacks of production like waste...
What Does the World Economic Forum Really Do?
Feb 07, 2024The Davos Summit of the World Economic Forum (WEF) draws a lot of attention every year. Started by German engineer Klaus Schwab, the WEF the stated mission to "engage business, political, academic and...
The Rather Pathetic Economy of the Roman Empire
Feb 03, 2024Apparently us guys think about the Roman Empire 5 times a day, but from an economic Perspective it's hard to see why. While they did build a lot of architectural monuments, their economy was actually ...
France Could Be Heading for Economic Collapse
Jan 29, 2024France's problems arguably go back 200 years to their slow and steady approach to adopting industrialisation. While many other countries can learn from France's strong protection for workers' rights, ...
What Would Happen if North and South Korea Reunite
Jan 26, 2024There is no more deadly area in the world than the DMZ between North and South Korea. Millions of mines, guns and surveillance prevent anyone from crossing. But if tensions were to somehow stop and No...
Japan's Rise and Fall... And Rise Again?
Jan 12, 2024Japan's economy has been stagnant for 2 decades, and while some economists look at this as an outlier, it might be something that just happens to all advanced economies, and Japan just got there first...
Australia Should Be Poor. Why Isn’t It?
Jan 09, 2024Australia's biggest export is natural resources, and as we have talked about on the channel many times, this isn't always a great thing for an economy. Resources don't provide much value to the local ...