Show Notes

In which we talk about everything from Kickstarter to farms, and wonder what the future of micro- and macro-economies will be.

Links

• The World is Flat, Thomas Friedman
• New Rustacean, Chris’ other podcast
• “Kickstarter Lesson #65: How to Get US Backers if You’re Running a Non-US-Based Kickstarter Campaign”
• “Hong Kong has probably lost HSBC’s headquarters for good—and Beijing is to blame”
• “The Facebook-loving Farmers of Myanmar”

Previously on the Show

• 4.03: The Podcast Awakens—in which we talked about global fandoms specifically in the context of Star Wars
• 3.12: Hungarian Folk Music—in which we talked about musical (sub)cultures not especially well-served by the current music market, but also how the internet is helping subcultures thrive

Music

• “Solitude” by Alpenglow. Used by permission.
• “Winning Slowly Theme” by Chris Krycho. Still Creative Commons Attribution licensed.

Sponsors

Many thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This month’s sponsors:

• Andrew Fallows
• Jeremy W. Sherman
• Jeremy Cherfas

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