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The Science of Propaganda
The Science of Propaganda | N43 N43 ANALYSIS politics N43 ANALYSIS The Science of Propaganda From Edward Bernays' crowd psychology to Chomsky's media filters and algorithmic disinformation, propaganda is the deliberate engineering of…
How Lobbying Works in Washington
How Lobbying Works in Washington | N43 N43 ANALYSIS politics N43 ANALYSIS How Lobbying Works in Washington Lobbying is the organized effort to influence public policy. It can provide lawmakers with expertise and constituent pressure, but…
How Hiccups Work
N43 ANALYSIS OFF-DUTY · 199 N43 ANALYSIS · OFF-DUTY · BODY & MIND How Hiccups Work A tiny involuntary reflex turns an ordinary breath into a sudden “hic.” Here is the diaphragm–glottis loop, why everyday triggers set it off, and when a…
How Insurance Works
How Insurance Works | N43 N43 ANALYSIS POLITICS · 279 N43 ANALYSIS · POLITICS How Insurance Works Insurance turns uncertain individual losses into a planned collective payment—but the pool only works when its rules, prices,…
The Economics of Healthcare
The Economics of Healthcare | N43 N43 ANALYSIS POLITICS · 278 N43 ANALYSIS · POLITICS The Economics of Healthcare Healthcare is a market with unusually high stakes, uneven information, and prices negotiated through…
How Gentrification Changes Cities
How Gentrification Changes Cities | N43 N43 ANALYSIS POLITICS · 277 N43 ANALYSIS · POLITICS How Gentrification Changes Cities Gentrification is not just a neighborhood getting nicer. It is a contest over land, belonging, and…
How Cryptocurrency Works
How Cryptocurrency Works | N43 N43 ANALYSIS politics · 273 N43 ANALYSIS · TECHNOLOGY & POLITICS How Cryptocurrency Works Cryptocurrency promised to separate money from the state through cryptography and distributed consensus. A decade and…
The Economics of National Debt
The Economics of National Debt | N43 N43 ANALYSIS politics · 272 N43 ANALYSIS · ECONOMICS The Economics of National Debt Every major economy carries debt. The question is not whether governments borrow, but what they borrow for, who lends…
How Sanctions Work
How Sanctions Work | N43 N43 ANALYSIS politics · 271 N43 ANALYSIS · GEOPOLITICS How Sanctions Work Economic sanctions have become the defining instrument of modern statecraft — a tool deployed between diplomacy and war, promising coercion…
The Economics of Universal Basic Income
The Economics of Universal Basic Income | N43 N43 ANALYSIS POLITICS · 300 N43 ANALYSIS · POLITICS The Economics of Universal Basic Income Universal basic income promises to eliminate poverty and liberate work. The pilot data is…
How the Gig Economy Works
How the Gig Economy Works | N43 N43 ANALYSIS POLITICS · 299 N43 ANALYSIS · POLITICS How the Gig Economy Works Digital platforms promised freedom and flexibility. The gig economy delivered something more complicated: a labor market without…
The Economics of Agriculture Subsidies
The Economics of Agriculture Subsidies | N43 N43 ANALYSIS POLITICS · 298 N43 ANALYSIS · POLITICS The Economics of Agriculture Subsidies Governments pour hundreds of billions into farm subsidies every year. The money shapes what is grown,…
How Water Rights Are Allocated
N43 ANALYSIS POLITICS · 297 N43 ANALYSIS · POLITICS · RESOURCES How Water Rights Are Allocated A water right is usually a legally protected right to use water—not ownership of the river. Allocation combines geography, history, permits,…
The Economics of Recycling
N43 ANALYSIS POLITICS · 296 N43 ANALYSIS · POLITICS · ECONOMICS The Economics of Recycling Recycling sounds like a loop, but the money moves through a chain of collection, sorting, processing and commodity markets. The economics explain…
How the Prison System Works
N43 ANALYSIS POLITICS · 295 N43 ANALYSIS · POLITICS · INSTITUTIONS How the Prison System Works Prisons are only one part of a larger machinery: arrest, pretrial detention, courts, custody, supervision and reentry. Understanding the…
How Carbon Pricing Works
How Carbon Pricing Works | N43 N43 ANALYSIS POLITICS · 291 N43 ANALYSIS · POLITICAL ECONOMY How Carbon Pricing Works Carbon pricing makes greenhouse-gas emissions economically visible. Whether through a tax or a cap-and-trade market, the…
The Economics of the Renewable Energy Transition
The Economics of the Renewable Energy Transition | N43 N43 ANALYSIS POLITICS · 290 N43 ANALYSIS · POLITICAL ECONOMY The Economics of the Renewable Energy Transition The shift from fossil fuels to wind, solar, storage, and electrification…
How Trade Wars Affect Economies
How Trade Wars Affect Economies | N43 N43 ANALYSIS POLITICS · 289 N43 ANALYSIS · POLITICAL ECONOMY How Trade Wars Affect Economies When nations weaponize tariffs and trade barriers against one another, the shockwaves travel through prices,…
The Psychology of Political Polarization
The Psychology of Political Polarization | N43 N43 ANALYSIS POLITICS · 286 N43 ANALYSIS · POLITICS The Psychology of Political Polarization How cognitive biases, social identity, and media ecosystems drive Americans apart — and what the…
The Economics of Big Tech Monopolies
The Economics of Big Tech Monopolies | N43 N43 ANALYSIS politics N43 ANALYSIS The Economics of Big Tech Monopolies Big tech markets are shaped by network effects, data advantages, switching costs, and ecosystems that can make enormous…
How Patents Drive Innovation
How Patents Drive Innovation | N43 N43 ANALYSIS politics N43 ANALYSIS How Patents Drive Innovation Patents trade a temporary legal monopoly for public disclosure. They can finance risky invention, but they can also raise follow-on costs…
The Economics of College Tuition
The Economics of College Tuition | N43 N43 ANALYSIS politics N43 ANALYSIS The Economics of College Tuition College tuition in the United States has outpaced inflation for four decades, driven by administrative bloat, state funding cuts,…
The Economics of Housing Markets
The Economics of Housing Markets | N43 N43 ANALYSIS politics · 276 N43 ANALYSIS · POLITICAL ECONOMY The Economics of Housing Markets Housing is both shelter and an asset. Prices emerge from the interaction of land, construction, credit,…
How Bitcoin Mining Works
How Bitcoin Mining Works | N43 N43 ANALYSIS politics · 275 N43 ANALYSIS · POLITICAL ECONOMY How Bitcoin Mining Works Bitcoin mining is a global competition to order transactions and secure a public ledger. Miners turn electricity and…
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