The urban renewal that made today's Paris

Haussman was the guy who between 1853-70 led the transformation of beat-up, run down Paris into the city of lights and public spaces that we see today. Public streets and spaces were illuminated at night by gaslights and it became the City of Light. He also gave Paris the radial grid street pattern shown below.

Haussman's Paris Renovation in Under 3 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-_mVRG2IDI

The EU Common Agricultural Policy

The EU's Common Agricultural Policy or CAP is by far the largest expenditure in the EU budget. It is meant to help farmers stay afloat and gives subsidies, but in a different way from US farm subsidies.

How exactly does the Common Agricultural Policy work?
https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/360-how-exactly-does-the-common-agricultural-policy-work_D004-0003_ev

Padraig Carmody pushing to keep Geography a mandatory subject in Irish schools

Padraig Carmody is a great writer and geographer

Padraig Carmody and Kevin Lynch: ‘More than ever, children need to learn geography’
https://taxviewnews.com/padraig-carmody-and-kevin-lynch-more-than-ever-children-need-to-learn-geography/

Marie Tharp pioneer of ocean cartography

Marie Tharp: Uncovering the Secrets of the Ocean Floor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgfYjS0OTWw

How the end of WW1 led to the start of WW2

Nice 15-min explanation of how the end of WW1 led to the start of WW2

1919-1939: The Treaty of Versailles, the truce that led to another war
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcKAe3SzC5E

Free trade is a problem

How to think about free trade - talk by Julius Krein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NsU4W3poqE


Krein hits a high note on free trade at 28:55