Political Economy

An investigation into how the West appropriated Eastern innovation while labeling the East as outside of history.

This series examines the evolution of sports from survival-driven physicality to a commodified spectacle that serves economic and political interests. Through historical analysis, it reveals how mechanization birthed sublimated labor, engineered tribalism, and created mechanisms of social control and distraction.

Exploring the global sand extraction crisis and its impacts on communities, ecosystems, and inequality—from artisanal miners to elite capture and hidden health costs.

A five-part exploration of how manufacturers deliberately design products to fail, from the Phoebus Cartel to modern software lock-ins and repair prevention.

A historical analysis of the resemblance between the US and Rome, and China and Carthage.

A three-part forensic series analyzing the unaccounted financial flows, perverse incentives, and power asymmetries that define the true price of car ownership and shape the global automotive industry.