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Rising Sun, Rising Rates: Japan’s Economic Awakening
May 29, 2026

Introduction For over 30 years Japan has defied the traditional laws of economics, maintaining a careful balancing act of curbing inflation cycles and rising rates that developed nations often struggle…

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Your Life, Their Design: The Rise of Corporate Control
May 16, 2026

From the moment you wake up to an algorithmically curated alarm, scroll a feed shaped by unseen incentives, and order breakfast from a platform that tracks your every preference, your day has already been quietly designed for you. This is modern life. And the question worth asking is: how much of it is actually yours? Join Gary, Jasper, Maya and Alex as they examine the many ways consumers have forfeited their freedoms to the rise of big corporations, and what this means for consumers today if corporate power is left unchecked.

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From Washington to the World: The MAGAfication of Global Democracies
March 27, 2026

Figure 1 - Donald Trump’s MAGA movement has spread worldwide    Introduction Throughout the last decade, it is undeniable that far-right policies have been on the rise. From the US…

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The Japan Effect: A Nation Redefined by Tourism
March 24, 2026

Introduction Ever since post-World War II, Japan’s economy has been characterised as a global industrial powerhouse, fueled by the role of keiretsu – a tightly connected network of large corporations…

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Global Population Change: What Japan and Bangladesh tell us about the future of our world
May 5, 2022

Japan and Bangladesh's population demographics are polar opposites, yet intrinsically linked with each other. Join Chamindu, Alex, and Vlad as they delve deeper into what the changing populations of Japan and Bangladesh means for the future of the global population, and the widespread implications it brings.

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