The 85%

Business & Economics Podcasts

We are witnessing a global geo-economic transformation centered on the rise of emerging markets, the growth of a new global middle class, rapid urbanization, and unprecedented physical and technological connectivity. In a world where 85% of the...

Episodes

Learning Languages and Life Experiences from Refugees

How Cryptocurrency Can Reshape Financial Systems in the Emerging World

Overcoming Stigma Around Reproductive Health Through E-Commerce

The Rise and Fall of the Makoko Floating School

Tony Seba Says Energy As We Know It Will Be Obsolete By 2030

Ian Bremmer on the Failure of Globalism

The Blazing Aspirations of India's 600 Million Young "Dreamers"

Tech Titan Nandan Nilekani Says the Time for Data Democracy Is Now

To Combat Traffic Jams, Think Outside The Road

Branko Milanović on Global Inequality: What Do We Do?

Branko Milanović on Global Inequality: The Long View

An Ancient Islamic Toothbrush Goes Millennial

In Brazil and India, Turning Trash into a Resource

Pakistani Cinema's New Wave

Argentine Wine Needs a Revolution

85% Extra: The Filipino Middle Class in the Gulf

Cape Town's Water Reckoning

How Pollution is a Drag on Development

NAFTA: The View From Mexico

Saudi Arabia and the Future of the Regional Order