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Ian Explains: Is the world better today thanks to human progress?
Ian Explains

Ian Explains: Is the world better today thanks to human progress?

Our body clocks stop ticking at some point, but that’s not the same as reaching a destination, or achieving a goal. So how do we—as a community, as a country...as a world—define progress? What does “better” even look like?

How booze made us...civilized
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How booze made us...civilized

Did beer come before bread? Perhaps, says University of British Colombia professor Edward Slingerland, who credits alcohol with spurring humankind's first agricultural revolution thousands of years ago.

How the social contract broke
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How the social contract broke

When did society stop working for the people in it, and how might we restore reason for optimism for future generations? LSE's Minouche Shafik shares insight into how we might go about building a new social contract.

Podcast: The LSE’s Minouche Shafik on how to fix our broken society
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

Podcast: The LSE’s Minouche Shafik on how to fix our broken society

Listen: It was an ongoing question before the pandemic, but coronavirus has made it all the more urgent. With global inequality and extreme poverty on the rise, how do we patch up the many holes in the world's social safety nets? The idea of governments providing all adults with a set amount of cash on a regular basis, no strings attached, is gaining attention worldwide — especially given the need to expand post-pandemic social safety nets. But for London School of Economics Director Minouche Shafik, universal basic income "is like giving up on people." Shafik speaks with Ian Bremmer on the GZERO World Podcast.