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The underrated economics of land with Mike Bird
Why is Chinese housing so expensive despite being oversupplied? How did land reforms in Russia lead to the Bolshevik revolution? What killed Georgism? The Economist’s ...
How Henry VIII accidentally started the Industrial Revolution, with Anton Howes
Historian Anton Howes discusses how Henry VIII turned Britain into an economic backwater – making it the unlikeliest place for the Industrial Revolution to happen. But...
Stian Westlake on the intangible economy and paying for social science
Why does London dominate Britain's economy, whereas Germany's is spread out across the whole country? Why don't restaurants scale well? What kind of social science res...
Samuel Hughes on The Great Downzoning
Before the twentieth century, most cities were highly permissive about what people were allowed to build on their land. Nearly all Western householders lost these libe...
Lenacapavir: The miracle drug that could end AIDS
Lenacapavir is a new HIV drug that blocks infections with an efficacy rate of nearly 100%, and it could completely change the fight against HIV worldwide. Saloni and J...
Coming soon: The Works in Progress Podcast
Coming soon: the Works in Progress Podcast. Featuring underrated ideas to improve the world – for bigger, more beautiful cities; clean energy that's too cheap to meter...