Counting the Cost Podcast
1) Why China's plan for the world's first digital currency matters | Counting the Cost
Tried and tested in the biggest "open-air digital prison" in the world, China's surveillance of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang has been rolled out across the country. Cameras, artificial intelligence a...Show More
2) Thailand protests: How much is the king worth? | Counting the Cost
Anti-government protests kicked off in Thailand last year after a pro-democracy party was disbanded for opposing the military government. The protests escalated and morphed into demands for the mon...Show More
3) The trillion dollar man: Biden's plan to revive the economy | Counting the Cost
The first major legislation for President Joe Biden, unsurprisingly, is getting the coronavirus pandemic under control with a massive injection of money. The headline number, $1.9 trillion, will go so...Show More
The trillion dollar man: Biden's plan to revive the economy | Counting the Cost
25:00 | Jan 23rd, 2021
4) Can President Xi turn China into a $30 trillion economy by 2035? | Counting the Cost
President Xi Jinping has an ambition to double the size of China’s economy by the middle of the next decade. Meanwhile, after mismanaging the pandemic, the United States could relinquish its title ...Show More
Can President Xi turn China into a $30 trillion economy by 2035? | Counting the Cost
25:25 | Jan 16th, 2021
5) Can the world recover from the worst economic slump since WWII? | Counting the Cost
2020 will not be a year many look back on with fondness. Hundreds of millions of people lost their jobs, many millions more succumbed to poverty and more than 1.8 million people died in the pandemic. ...Show More
6) As China tightens its grip on Hong Kong, could Taiwan be next? | Counting the Cost
As China's President Xi Jinping consolidates his power, scrapping a two-term presidential limit and cracking down on voices opposed to him, he has taken a firmer grip on the northwestern region of Xin...Show More
As China tightens its grip on Hong Kong, could Taiwan be next? | Counting the Cost
26:00 | Nov 28th, 2020
7) How China, COVID-19 and investors pushed Zambia into debt default | Counting the Cost
The G20 nations, made up of the world's biggest economies, struck an historic agreement on restructuring debt for some of the world’s poorest nations. It goes beyond the current deal to freeze debt...Show More
8) How to reinvent cities for the post-pandemic world | Counting the Cost
For more than a century, cities have been magnets for millions of people seeking work opportunities and the promise of a better life. But the COVID-19 pandemic is rewriting the way we live and work...Show More
9) Is this the end of austerity for rich nations only? | Counting the Cost
When a country's finances are a mess and a lender of last resort needs to step in, a bailout comes with conditions, mostly draconian austerity measures. But governments have also been known to impleme...Show More
10) Is it time to break up Facebook's monopoly? | Counting the Cost
For years now, Facebook has been accused of not doing enough to curb the spread of hate speech and disinformation, failing to regulate content that pushes everything from coronavirus conspiracies to h...Show More