Episode 195: Monthly Round-up: Palantir, Palm Oil, and the Covid-19 Recession (Patreon)

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2020-10-06 02:50:58

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Join us as we discuss three stories that came up recently: Peter Thiel's deep state start-up Palantir goes public (sort of), the Palm oil industry consolidates, and the Covid-19 Pandemic-induced recession is among the most unequal in history.

Sources:
https://apple.news/Axl7Myt3yRdyMh4dylYmDoA

https://fortune.com/2020/09/30/palantir-direct-listing-human-rights /

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WFRBSB50203?fbclid=IwAR242IDx1RNVdB2e6gz5Vzx6mX1NAZRTxj0AYtAnqzB1f97JVY6swxQVxo8

https://delong.typepad.com/plutonomy-1.pdf

Palm Oil links.

https://news.mongabay.com/2016/12/indonesias-rich-list-stacked-with-palm-oil-billionaires/

https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/nov/11/indonesia-forest-fires-explained-haze-palm-oil-timber-burning

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/world/asia/indonesia-fires-photos.html

https://greenglobaltravel.com/how-to-avoid-products-with-palm-oil/

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