PolyMatter

• Why Puerto Rico’s Economy Doesn’t Work
  2026-03-21 16:05:33
• America’s Self-Inflicted Doctor Shortage
  2026-02-27 16:30:35
• Taiwan is Not Venezuela
  2026-02-06 16:54:13
• Are America’s Students Falling Behind?
  2026-01-23 16:42:28
• The European Country Putin Stubbornly Refuses to Invade
  2025-12-19 18:56:44
• Why Nepal Just Overthrew its Government
  2025-11-28 18:13:14
• Why China Banned Weird Architecture
  2025-09-26 15:14:37
• Why Apple Can’t Leave China (yet)
  2025-06-07 22:24:29
• Why Singapore Elects the Losers of its Elections
  2025-05-20 16:16:41
• Why “Learn to Code” Failed
  2025-04-25 15:32:18
• How China Accidentally Created a Billion Dollar Scam Industry
  2025-04-05 15:11:54
• Why the Average Japanese Farmer is 70 Years Old
  2025-03-14 16:11:37
• How China Killed Hong Kong's Economy
  2025-02-21 16:49:18
• Why Russia and Kazakhstan Pretend to be Allies
  2025-01-31 18:13:39
• The College Enrollment Crisis
  2025-01-11 19:10:01
• The Surprising Way Credit Cards Make Money
  2024-12-20 20:16:16
• The Return of Nuclear Weapons
  2024-11-29 17:06:29
• What Xi Jinping Fears More than America
  2024-11-15 19:00:01
• How America Became the World’s #1 Oil Producer
  2024-10-30 13:48:57
• America’s Birth Rate “Crisis”
  2024-09-28 14:48:28
• Why There Are No Flights Between India and China
  2024-09-07 16:11:08
• Are We in a Cold War with China?
  2024-08-24 15:29:22
• Why the United States is Suing Apple
  2024-07-28 13:00:54
• Russia is Running Out of People
  2024-07-06 15:28:39
• Why China Banned Homework
  2024-06-16 13:10:38
• Why Spotify’s “Grand Strategy” Will Fail
  2024-05-24 17:14:18
• Rent is Free in South Korea. What’s the Catch?
  2024-05-03 16:41:49
• How College Broke the Labor Market
  2024-04-13 13:54:12
• Why China is About to Start a Trade War
  2024-03-22 14:02:39
• Kim Jong-Un’s New Strategy
  2024-03-02 16:17:18
• Why Ethiopia is Creating a New Country Next Door
  2024-02-11 13:07:05
• Why China isn’t Scared of Robots
  2024-01-20 15:40:26
• The Strange, Broken Economics of Ireland
  2023-12-29 18:12:13
• Why it’s Illegal to Buy a Car from Toyota
  2023-12-16 16:05:25
• Why 75% of Indian Women are Unemployed
  2023-11-25 15:14:14
• China’s Fundamental Economic Problem
  2023-11-06 15:10:05
• Why America’s Most Conservative State is Building its Largest Wind Farm
  2023-10-13 14:07:57
• How China Won the Electric Vehicle Race
  2023-09-23 14:56:43
• How Unused Gift Cards Power Delaware’s Economy
  2023-09-01 13:54:58
• When Will China Invade Taiwan?
  2023-08-11 14:47:35
• Canada’s Secret Weapon: America’s Broken Immigration System
  2023-07-29 00:42:20
• Would America Really Defend Taiwan?
  2023-07-07 13:56:31
• The Truth About China's Social Credit System
  2023-06-16 13:58:29
• The Obscure Law that Killed U.S. Maritime Shipping
  2023-05-20 14:08:14
• The Secret Genius of the Cheesecake Factory 已转录
  2023-04-28 13:58:37
• What Putin Fears More Than War
  2023-04-07 13:33:32
• The End of Cheap Chinese Labor
  2023-03-22 13:50:39
• How Bad Economics Destroyed Venezuela
  2023-02-28 14:55:08
• $7 Billion Disaster — Why Target Failed in Canada
  2023-02-06 16:58:44
• Why Japan is Giving Away 8 Million Free Houses
  2023-01-18 17:52:33
• The REAL Reason Ticket Fees Exist
  2022-12-24 04:07:22
• Why Haiti is in a Constant State of Emergency
  2022-12-08 16:02:21
• America's Dangerous Obsession With Invincibility
  2022-11-21 15:04:23
• How the Chinese Communist Party Works
  2022-10-21 15:02:33
• America's Missile Defense Problem
  2022-10-01 14:45:09
• Is China Really Socialist?
  2022-09-12 15:58:24
• Why Foreign Aid Doesn't Work
  2022-08-21 13:50:07
• How Coup d’états REALLY Work
  2022-08-12 14:00:11
• Could China Survive the Sanctions Against Russia?
  2022-06-25 14:03:24
• Why Sri Lanka is Collapsing: the Coming Global Food Crisis
  2022-06-07 14:26:03
• Why Taiwan is NOT Ukraine
  2022-05-21 14:00:17
• Why Corruption is China's Secret Weapon
  2022-05-07 15:26:45
• Why 30% of Sailors are Filipino
  2022-04-22 14:01:52
• The Chinese Student Crisis
  2022-03-12 15:48:46
• Why This is the World's Pirate Capital
  2022-02-22 15:00:20
• Why Sanctions Don't Work Against North Korea
  2022-02-04 15:55:25
• The Myth of Chinese Efficiency
  2022-01-21 15:00:25
• Why Repressive Qatar Broadcasts Progressive TV
  2022-01-08 15:47:04
• The Truth About China in Africa
  2021-12-24 15:00:11
• How Australia Stole This Tiny Country's Oil
  2021-12-07 15:00:23
• Who Pays for U.S. Bases in Japan?
  2021-11-21 15:00:06
• Why Japan Has No Military
  2021-11-03 14:00:13
• Japan's Pacifist Paradox (Part 1)
  2021-10-16 14:00:06
• Why Oil Doesn’t Corrupt Norway
  2021-09-30 16:03:43
• India's Privately Owned City
  2021-09-11 14:00:21
• The Myth of Hong Kong Capitalism
  2021-08-25 14:00:10
• Why the US Doesn't Support Taiwanese Independence
  2021-08-06 14:00:12
• Why China's Digital Currency Doesn't Matter
  2021-07-23 14:00:06
• Singapore: The World's Only Successful Dictatorship?
  2021-07-03 14:00:08
• How Singapore Solved Healthcare
  2021-06-15 15:00:21
• Why the World is Running Out of Computers
  2021-05-28 15:00:08
• Why China Sucks at Soft Power — China's Reckoning (Part 4)
  2021-05-13 15:39:56
• Water Crisis — China's Reckoning (Part 3)
  2021-04-24 15:00:19
• How MrBeast Opened a Burger Chain
  2021-04-06 15:00:11
• Housing Crisis — China's Reckoning (Part 2)
  2021-03-20 15:00:30
• Demographic Collapse — China's Reckoning (Part 1)
  2021-03-02 17:00:32
• Why North Korea Sells Statues
  2021-02-13 15:51:59
• Why Starbucks is Actually a Bank 已转录
  2021-01-26 16:00:11
• What is Tencent?
  2021-01-08 16:00:30
• The Hardest Test in China
  2020-12-22 16:00:14
• The Economics of LEGO
  2020-12-04 16:00:33
• Why Thailand's Geography Breeds Instability 已转录
  2020-11-17 16:00:05
• How McDonald's Really Makes Money
  2020-11-01 15:00:10
• Why Uber Failed in China
  2020-10-14 16:17:46
• The TikTok "Sale"
  2020-09-26 15:00:11
• How Dennis Rodman Made Friends with Kim Jong-Un
  2020-09-09 15:00:00
• Why Singapore is Friends with both China and the U.S.
  2020-08-21 15:00:32
• The TikTok Ban
  2020-08-04 15:00:01
• Where Billionaires Hide From Coronavirus
  2020-07-17 15:00:00
• The End of the SAT?
  2020-07-03 15:00:26
• Are Hong Kongers British Citizens?
  2020-06-16 15:00:28
• Where is Kim Jong-Un?
  2020-05-22 15:00:09
• How Singapore Solved Housing
  2020-05-01 15:00:02
• Why Trader Joe’s is So Ridiculously Cheap
  2020-04-10 15:00:30
• The Politics of Coronavirus
  2020-03-20 16:31:28
• China’s Plan to Reincarnate the Dalai Lama
  2020-02-28 16:00:13
• Clean, Green, & Unseen: How Singapore sanitized gambling
  2020-02-07 16:00:03
• How IKEA Became Sweden’s National Brand
  2020-01-24 16:00:02
• How North Korea Makes Money
  2020-01-10 16:05:39
• Why a Third of China’s Pigs Are Dying
  2019-12-27 16:00:07
• Why Kazakhstan is Changing Alphabets
  2019-12-13 16:00:09
• Why India Banned 86% of its Currency
  2019-11-29 16:00:09
• The Economics of K-Pop
  2019-11-08 16:00:00
• Why Costco is Cheaper than Amazon
  2019-10-25 15:00:05
• Zimbabwe’s Currency Crisis: the worthless $100 trillion bill
  2019-10-11 15:00:00
• How Hong Kong Built the World's Best Transit 🇭🇰
  2019-09-20 15:00:02
• Why So Many Chinese Students Come to America
  2019-09-06 15:00:05
• Why In-N-Out Isn't Coming to a City Near You 已转录
  2019-08-16 15:00:26
• Why Facebook is Building a City
  2019-08-02 15:00:09
• Will Apple Ever Leave China?
  2019-07-19 15:00:05
• Why the $5 Footlong Failed: How Franchising Works
  2019-07-05 16:20:03
• Huawei: The Big Picture
  2019-06-21 15:00:08
• What To Do When Your Country is Drowning
  2019-06-07 15:00:02
• Can You Trust Apple? Facebook? Google?
  2019-05-24 15:00:02
• Why China is Building the World’s Biggest City
  2019-05-10 15:00:18
• Is Amazon Too Big?
  2019-04-29 15:00:01
• Why Israel is a Tech Capital of the World
  2019-04-12 15:00:07
• Why China Doesn’t Want Your Trash Anymore
  2019-03-29 15:00:00
• The True Cost of the iPhone
  2019-03-15 15:00:27
• China's War on Pollution
  2019-03-01 16:00:06
• How Somalia’s Pirates Make Money
  2019-02-10 16:00:06
• The Most Overvalued Startup in the World?
  2019-02-01 16:00:02
• Why China Cares So Much About Space
  2019-01-18 16:00:07
• Why Apple Fails in India (& Why it Matters)
  2019-01-04 19:53:24
• Why 50 Million Chinese Homes are Empty
  2018-12-14 16:00:05
• How to Fix the Patent System
  2018-11-30 16:00:03
• The Case Against Patents - Amazon’s 1-Click “Invention”
  2018-11-23 16:00:07
• How Container Ships Work
  2018-11-02 15:00:00
• Why Scooter Startups Are Worth Billions
  2018-10-19 15:00:05
• Why China Ended its One-Child Policy
  2018-10-05 15:00:02
• How to Save the Online Economy
  2018-09-28 15:00:08
• Why Amazon is Worth $1 Trillion
  2018-09-21 15:00:05
• Dubai's Plan to Outlive Oil
  2018-09-07 15:00:00
• Self-Driving Cars Won’t Save Cities - Here’s What Will
  2018-08-24 15:00:02
• The Challenge of Creative Work
  2018-08-10 15:00:03
• Apple Glasses Are Coming - Here's Why
  2018-07-27 15:00:01
• The Economics of Uber
  2018-07-13 15:00:05
• The Grand Theory of Amazon
  2018-06-22 15:00:06
• Subscription Affliction - Everything is $10/month
  2018-06-08 15:00:08
• How to Make a Blockbuster Movie
  2018-06-01 15:00:05
• Why Bing Isn't a Failure (& the Future of the Internet)
  2018-05-18 15:00:10
• Apple is (kind of) a Game Company
  2018-05-04 15:00:06
• Kim Jong-Un's New Strategy: Explained
  2018-05-02 15:00:02
• Not Everyone Should Code
  2018-04-20 15:00:01
• How Cruise Ships Work
  2018-04-06 15:00:04
• Apple's Money Problem (& Why It Won't Buy Netflix)
  2018-02-23 16:00:26
• How To Do Politics
  2018-02-02 17:00:46
• The Biology of Business
  2018-01-12 16:00:00
• What Makes Black Mirror So Good?
  2017-12-29 16:00:03
• The Grand Theory of Apple
  2017-12-18 16:00:08
• The Death of Malls?
  2017-11-24 17:00:09
• The College Board Monopoly on Education
  2017-11-10 17:00:02
• How Lies Become True On the Internet - Circular Sourcing
  2017-10-27 15:00:04
• Nudging: The Future of Advertising
  2017-10-13 15:00:05
• The Problem with Foreign Aid
  2017-09-29 15:00:05
• The App Store Race to the Bottom
  2017-09-15 16:00:02
• How Not to Make Mobile Games
  2017-09-08 16:00:00
• Your Memories are False
  2017-08-29 14:00:05
• Kim Jong-Un: A Brilliant Leader
  2017-07-17 15:01:12
• Why YouTube Comments Suck (and Reddit comments don't)
  2016-12-15 15:00:09
• PolyMatter Live Stream
  2016-11-12 01:16:05
• Why Monopoly Doesn't Suck
  2016-10-17 14:30:00
• Why are flags so similar?
  2016-08-08 14:30:00
• Skeuomorphism - Leather on your iPhone
  2016-07-07 14:00:00
• How to Make a Flag (New)
  2016-03-11 15:30:30
• How Do HEX Color Codes Work? (in 60 seconds)
  2016-03-04 15:30:00
• The Reddit Filter
  2016-02-15 22:30:35
• Why QWERTY?
  2016-01-18 18:29:51
• How to Start a Country (in 60 seconds)
  2015-12-22 16:45:09
• The Monty Hall Problem
  2015-11-28 18:26:19
• How To Make a Flag (in 60 seconds)
  2015-06-30 20:54:05
• The Downvote Predicament
  2015-06-24 22:03:15