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Feudal Future Podcast: Exploring the Paradox of Peace and Economics in Taiwan-China Relations

Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 13:33:32 -0500

Discover the nuanced complexities of Taiwan-China relations and the unexpected preferences of their people toward peace, as we're joined by Raymond Kuo from the Rand Corporation and Professor Robert Koepp of Chapman University.

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Feudal Future Podcast: Behind the Scenes of Global Labor

Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 20:56:27 -0400

Ever marveled at the staggering trends of youth unemployment and labor participation across the globe? Each region presents its own set of challenges; on this episode of Feudal Future, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined by John Russo of Georgetown University and Rob Koepp of Chapman's Asia-Pacific Geoeconomics and Business Initiative, bring their insights to the table.

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Asian Pollution Hitting West Coast

Andy Sywak — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:44:52 -0400

Looks like there is a cost to all those cheap industrial goods made in China after all. This article from McClatchy discusses the problem of pollution from Asia hitting the West Coast:

"By some estimates more than 10 billion pounds of airborne pollutants from Asia — ranging from soot to mercury to carbon dioxide to ozone — reach the U.S. annually."

That's a hard number to visualize. It does, however, bring home the global problem of pollution.