Is the West Losing Africa to China?

Is the West Losing Africa to China?

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Why Some Countries Create Jobs and Others Export People

Broadcasting from South Africa, a country of huge energy, huge potential, and brutally high unemployment, we use that lens to ask what actually creates jobs? From there, we go back to Ireland in 1990, when employment had barely moved in forty years and emigration still felt like ...  Show more

Shedonomics: Can Europe Survive China’s Manufacturing Machine?

In this episode, we unpack the new China shock, as exports to Europe surge nearly 30% in just two months and a €359 billion trade deficit keeps widening. From electric cars to fast fashion, Chinese firms are flooding markets with cheaper, faster, and increasingly better products, ...  Show more

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