Exploring the historical significance and potential influence of coffee chains like Starbucks on innovation and economic development, comparing the effects of various chains like Dunkin Donuts and Cowab Coffee.
Anyone hoping to glean hints of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s plans for the Gaza war and its aftermath will have been disappointed: it was a political speech aimed at Israelis. Nigerians spend more than anyone on food, as a fraction of income. We look at the factors making the squeeze even tighter (11:44). And Starbucks franchises as community-level drivers of innovation (18:28).
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