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"The Workers Cup"

Who built Qatar’s World Cup stadiums?

by David Brancaccio and The Econ Extra Credit Team
Nov 3, 2022
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #125
"The Workers Cup" follows one team of migrant workers who are building the infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and also playing in a soccer tournament of their own organized for the construction workers.
Courtesy The Workers Cup LLC
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The U.K. aspires to become the "Qatar of hydrogen"

by Stephen Beard
Nov 30, 2021
British prime minister Boris Johnson pledges to turn the U.K. into a leading producer of carbon-free hydrogen to cash in on a global boom.
Building an electrolyzer, the machine splits hydrogen from oxygen creating what some regard as the "dream, green fuel."
Courtesy of ITM Power
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Qatar leaving OPEC to focus on natural gas

by Andy Uhler
Dec 3, 2018
The Persian Gulf state of Qatar, one of the smallest members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, will leave the cartel in January after nearly six decades. Qatar said the move allows it to focus on its natural gas industry. Qatar’s decision says a lot about the growth of natural gas in the world’s […]
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What Qatar's diplomatic crisis means for the global helium supply

by Kai Ryssdal
Jul 10, 2017
"There's been a lot of instability and drama in the helium market in the past few years."
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FIFA corruption report has scandals but no disqualification

by Olga Oksman
Jun 28, 2017
FIFA released a 2014 report looking at ethics violations in the World Cup host nation selection process for 2018 and 2022.
A FIFA suitcase.
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5 Mideast countries cut ties with Qatar

by Adriene Hill
Jun 5, 2017
Simon Henderson of The Washington Institute says a major political crisis could affect the supply and price of oil.
Some nations are cutting off air and sea traffic with Qatar, above.
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When nations police what women wear

by Donna Tam
Aug 29, 2016
Here are just a few examples of how governments are trying to impose dress codes on women.
Indian women walk past a billboard of Australian model Miranda Kerr in Mumbai on March 8, 2013. 
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Al Jazeera America: What's the business model?

by Ann Heppermann
Aug 20, 2013
With lots of cash to throw into the launch, Al Jazeera America doesn’t need the kind of advertising revenue its competitors bring in.
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Qatar curtails its foreign spending spree

by Stephen Beard
Jun 7, 2013
The world's richest country has been splurging on international acquisitions. Now that it's landed the 2022 World Cup, the tiny Arab nation has started to focus more on spending at home.
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Greek Debt Crisis

Greece begins to sell islands to raise cash

by David Brancaccio
Apr 26, 2012
Greece is reportedly selling off islands to raise money. The small island of Oxia is being sold to the royal family Qatar and more are on the block.
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