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Econwising

Hi, I’m Haoyu, and welcome to Econwising, a subsidiary podcast series of Econwise. If you like my content, then please feel free to visit my website, Econowise: https://www.economicsrevision.org Or equally, my quora account: https://www.quora.com/profile/Haoyu-Wang-130
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Episodes

What Is Tether?

Let's be honest: the first thing that comes to your mind when we are talking about Cryptocurrency is Bitcoin. However, there is something else which might arguably be more important than BTC itself...

Feb 26, 20219 minEp. 16

What Is The Digital Yuan?

It is not a common digital currency, it is something more, which will boost China's status in the world. If you think it is just another version of Bitcoin, then think twice.

Feb 26, 20218 minEp. 15

Why Do Smart People Gamble?

Well, if you're intelligent, you might know that if you gambled infinitely times, you eventually would lose all of your money. So why do we gamble at all?

Feb 24, 20218 minEp. 14

Should We Legalise Organ Trade?

What is the point of an illegal market, if all it means is to make it harder for people to have in the black market? This is the question for organ trades, and the case has been ongoing for several years now...

Feb 22, 20216 minEp. 13

What Is The Monroe Doctrine

The Monroe Doctrine has been formally agreed to be the start of the end of European Pivot in the world. I'm not sure that the sentence makes sense.

Feb 20, 20215 minEp. 11

What Is Section 230?

The name itself does not suggest much, perhaps its new potential upgrade to "new tech act" sounds more entertaining. But regardless, listen this episode to know what all the fuss about it is all about.

Feb 17, 20214 minEp. 9

What Is "One Belt, One Road"?

This is one of the most heard names in recent years, but I think that many of us have not spent as much time as we should be trying to understand this immensely ambitious and impactful initiative

Feb 17, 20215 minEp. 8

What Is The Point Of Twin Cities?

Twin Cities: if you have heard of them, I bet you don't know their purpose. Let's see their function in this episode.

Feb 16, 20215 minEp. 7

Why Do Lights Go Out In Africa

If you think that blackouts are very annoying, wait for you to live in South Africa, where an increasingly political shift of the country's monopsnic electricity generation company Eksom, has been messing things up.

Feb 13, 20215 minEp. 5

Why Does Italy Go Through So Many Governments?

The political system in Italy is world renowned. Not in the good sense, though. Indeed, political instability has been one fo the major factors limiting economic growth in the country, and it seems that the are going to have another change, now.

Feb 08, 20215 minEp. 4

Panda Diplomacy

China has been using pandas not only as a form of national pride, but also as a tool to project its political power over other countries

Feb 07, 20215 minEp. 3

How are maritime boundaries determined

Who governs the sea? Nations have gotten together to determine some laws, but whether they really work is a mystery. Indeed, it is hard to enforce such laws.

Feb 06, 20217 minEp. 2

Say’s Law

Supply creates its own demand. For as simple as this is, it seems rather counterintuitive. This law has been subject to criticism for a long time, so let's start by discussing it.

Feb 04, 202114 minEp. 1
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