2 chapters across the catalog
The history of the Internet is traced from its origins as a distributed network designed to survive nuclear attacks to its current centralized state. A personal anecdote describes how Enron attempted to hire a firm to build a "fictitious" trading desk for bandwidth trading that was purely for show. This era marked the transition of the Internet from a university-based peering system to a commercialized commodity.
World Health Organization, Global Tax Proposals
The World Health Organization (WHO) released a report proposing new global taxes to fund health research and technology transfers. Proposals include a 10% tax on the arms trade, a financial transaction tax for online bill payments, and a "digital tax" based on internet bandwidth usage. The hosts criticize the WHO's leadership and its handling of the H1N1 pandemic levels.
