What China Taught Me About Global Trade

China now trades fifty percent more with the Global South than with the US and Western Europe combined. But how do they get paid?

What Vietnam’s Gold Shops Taught Me About Money

We explore the economic realities on the ground in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, the economic capital of one of the fastest growing countries in the world.

How to Fund a Hospital in a Warzone

A hospital network in Syria uses stablecoins to pay its employees and hawala networks to offramp from digital dollars to cash.

Inside Africa's $16 Billion Waste Economy

540 million tons of waste goes uncollected every year across sub-Saharan Africa. It's a $16 billion opportunity. Here's how we're solving it.

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