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

How maps shaped Shakespeare

How maps shaped Shakespeare
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-maps-shaped-shakespeare-180961194/

Middle class workforce being priced out of America's major cities

"Many of the middle- and working-class neigh­borhoods that long have served as the ballast and supplied the work­force for a diverse urban economy are systematically being undermined. Teachers, firemen, and police officers struggle to afford homes in many American cities, according to a study from Trulia. This pricing-out also applies to many skilled blue-collar professions like technicians, construction workers, and mechanics. Inclusive eco­nomic growth is now all too rarely found in American metropolitan areas, and virtually never in the most elite."

The New Shame of Our Cities
by Joel Kotkin
https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2019/05/the-new-shame-of-our-cities/?fbclid=IwAR1Y9aAZipxp0IPZQQWE7aOqoYhA-9nVe9KbG24O1mMwL7hlLWHfpQEeKoo

A Deeper Look at China’s “Going Out” Policy

A Deeper Look at China’s “Going Out” Policy
https://www.cigionline.org/publications/deeper-look-chinas-going-out-policy

"The challenge of political engineering may be far greater than mechanical engineering."

Yes.

by Jing Ye Si
Li Bai, Chinese poet