1916 - During World War I, Britain promises Ottoman Palestine to both the Arabs and the Jews. Britain takes control of the region after the war and starts the colony of Palestine; promising to transition power to the Palestinians when...

In this episode I overanalyze Marvel's Captain America: The First Avenger. I discuss the field of developmental economics and explain how Steve Rodgers can be seen as a metaphor for the world's underdeveloped countries.

The 39th Presidential election in American history took place on November 5, 1940. The Great Depression dragged on, and now another world war was being fought all across Europe and in Asia. Franklin Roosevelt, or FDR, and remained...

Let's dive into the History of Wonder Bread. Until the mid-19th century, your average loaf of bread was grainy, heavy, and dark. With innovations like mechanical slicers and refined flour, however, bread became white, fluffy, and shaped...

By Marshall Auerback



The benefits of innovation are seldom questioned. Virtually every single growth initiative formulated by governments around the world to deal with today's challenging economic conditions...

What happens to Main Street when Wall Street fails? Japan expert David Weinstein squeezes a unique data set to answer this question. While in the US you will find data on banks and data on firms separately, in Japan there's data that...

After World War Two, Japan was in a really rough situation. The American occupiers tried to redesign the country from the top down, but at the same time, it had to contend with a lovable revolution bubbling from the bottom up.

The third art piece is a multimedia performance, aims to tell the story of the over a million African porters and carriers who served British, French, and German forces during the first world war. Also, learn the importance of each of...

We're in this moment where, in the West anyway, Socialism is back into the national consciousness in a big way. And for the first time in a long time, the narrative is more than just "socialism is the bad thing we need to forget about"....

A few weeks ago, we talked about political correctness, and several of you zeroed in on one particular part. A lot of you asked for me to answer this question, and sooner rather than later. So today, let's tell the story of the...

One of the largest migrations in modern history, Partition was characterized by its brutal violence that continues to scar the Asian subcontinent to this day. This episodes documents the personal stories of people separated by Partition...

In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about Every British Prime Minister Part 4 (1902-1951)

With over 200,000 individuals currently separating from military service each year, a growing number of veterans are faced with readjusting to civilian life. Researchers study employment, health and family life of veterans.

Although we are currently living through a pandemic that has disrupted our lives and will shape the course of humanity, pandemics have been around since the dawn of civilization, as have stories about fictional pandemics. So now seems...

Current polling suggests that Biden is on track to win the 2020 election. However, despite polls historic accuracy, we're still a couple months away from election day and things certainly could shift. So in this video, we discuss eight...

This video covers a summary of the book "How not to be wrong, the power of mathematical thinking". Most of the math we learn in high school and beyond is not used ever again (unless you go into math, science, or engineering). ...

The UK and US have one of the longest standing relationships between nations. They work together on trade, military operations and intelligence sharing. But how close are the two countries, and how much do they rely on each other?

In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about Japan's WW2 Plans

In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the French Foreign Legion

Mr. Beat compares and contrasts London and Paris, two cities that have dominated the world for hundreds of years.

ISIS is now calling themselves the Islamic State and is claiming a new Caliphate with its new leader, Caliph Ibrahim. In this short primer we take a look at the history of the word Caliphate and evaluate the worthiness of the recently...

The video shows the panel Macroeconomic Management After a Financial Crisis at INET's Bretton Woods Conference on April 9, 2011. The speaker in this segment is Alan Taylor, Professor of Economics at the University of California. The...

How "Obliquity" -- Pursuing Goals in a Roundabout Way -- is Better for Business and for an Innovative Economy



Good economics is often seen as maximizing efforts in specific directions. John Kay, Visiting Professor at the...

In part 1 of INET's interview with David Hale, he discusses how China is positioning the RMB as a possible reserve currency by buying gold, and what this means for the dollar and the euro