Everything Everywhere Daily - The Phoebus Cartel
Companies that sell products to the public have to follow a fine line.
On the one hand, they need to sell stuff to make money, and the way they do that is by making a good product.
However, if their product is too good, then people might not need to buy it again, or at least not for a long time.
Almost 100 years ago, a consortium of industrialists plotted to make their products worse just so people would buy more of them.
Learn more about the Phoebus Cartel and planned obsolescence on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Bay Curious - Were Chain Stores Once Banned in San Francisco?
San Francisco is known for its distinct neighborhoods, each with its own shopping street, full of local businesses. Listener Sarah Soule grew up in the city and remembers hearing that San Francisco didn't allow big box stores or chains to open within city limits. But recently she's seen more chains and wonders if that was true. We trace the history of San Francisco's regulation of chain stores and the effect it has had on the city.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Marshall Plan (Encore)
At the end of the Second World War, Europe was a mess. The economies of most countries were in shambles and the threat of communism loomed over the continent.
In a speech at Harvard University on June 5, 1947, U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall proposed a plan which could help get Europe back on its feet.
The plan is widely considered one of the most successful foreign aid programs in history.
Learn more about the Marshall Plan, how it came about, and how it worked on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Swiss Neutrality
There are several rules that should be followed when going to war:
- Germany should never fight wars against the entire world
- Don’t invade Russia in the Winter.
- Never fight a land war in Asia.
There is also one other rule that should be added to that list: Don’t count on Switzerland as an ally.
For over two centuries, Switzerland has remained staunchly neutral, even when wars were being fought just over its borders.
Learn more about Swiss neutrality and what that means on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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