• Quartz Obsession

  • By: Quartz
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Quartz Obsession

By: Quartz
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  • Summary

  • We’re fascinated by everyday objects and what they can tell us about the global economy. Join us every week as reporters from our global newsroom dig into the most fascinating facets of an object: where it came from, how it got to us, and what it can tell us about the forces that are changing the way we live and work.
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Economics Social Sciences
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Episodes
  • Trailer: The Quartz Obsession podcast

    Trailer: The Quartz Obsession podcast
    Sep 24 2021
    Let's go down the rabbit hole, together. Coming Oct. 12, 2021.
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    1 min
  • Cash: We just can't quit you

    Cash: We just can't quit you
    Oct 12 2021
    It’s anonymous, it’s stable, and it’s accepted pretty much everywhere. And despite the rise of mobile payments and the ubiquity of credit cards, it’s still moving everything around us; more cash is in circulation than ever. We talk about the pros and cons of cash in a world increasingly dominated by mobile payments, and try to figure out if cash is here to stay. Photo by Eric Helgas; styling by Alex Citrin-Safadi Transcript: https://qz.com/2063471
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    25 mins
  • Randomness: A need for chaos

    Randomness: A need for chaos
    Oct 12 2021
    The global economy needs true randomness to encrypt messages and make sure elections are honest. But not all randomness is random enough, and humans and computers alike are really bad at generating it. So we turn to natural sources like seismic waves, radioactive decay, and lava lamps (yes, lava lamps) to generate it for us. Photo by Eric Helgas; styling by Alex Citrin-Safadi Transcript: https://qz.com/2062955
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    23 mins

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