What is the correlation between higher education and Japanese cars?

If American universities aren't careful, they're going to end up like American cars - too expensive and cumbersome.  Customers are going to choose cheaper and more accesible options, or choose not to go to university at all.

In this episode of Global Truths, Dr Keith Suter talks about the rising cost of higher education and what it means for the future of first-world countries like the United States and Australia.  He also talks about whether we actually need a university education and advocates for more people to go to TAFE and to take up trades.

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In this episode, Dr Keith Suter examines the history of physics and how it has impacted modern society while discussing Tobias Hurter's book "The Age of Uncertainty".

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What is cliometrics, and what might it reveal about the future of American society? Dr. Keith Suter examines the reasons for the US's downfall and the underlying causes of the current state of affairs.

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The flood of migrants heading to Europe is creating crisis conditions in the EU.  The UNHCR, says 159,410 refugees and migrants have arrived this year via the Mediterranean route compared with 89,921 this time last year – a 77 percent increase. 

Getting in to the EU is the holy grail of migrants, but they have to overcome extraordinary odds to make it, including pirates.  

In this episode of Global Truths, Dr Keith Suter explores what this crisis means for the changing face of Europe.  

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Why did Chinese President Xi Jinping snub the G20 in India last week? What is his motivation for moving Beijing further away from the West?

In this episode of Global Truths, Dr Keith Suter discusses China's move toward establishing greater ties with what's called the BRIC group of developing nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

The world is watching Xi's every move as he rallies to rejuvenate a failing economy while keeping up appearances of a global power on the rise.

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Why would billionaires want to end democracy?

In this episode, Dr Keith Suter explains why there is a global movement pushing for governments to get out of the way to let big business run countries - and it's leading to the demise of democracy.

Who are the people who see economic return as more important than democratic freedom?

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What is the rot economy and how will it affect you and your future?   

In this episode, Dr Keith Suter explains we all want information at light speed, but it means we're ruining the internet.  Businesses are moving away from supplying quality goods and information and instead focusing entirely on growth.

The rot economy is the world moving away from useful transactions and is all about making money - and clicks.

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America's CIA has kept secrets hidden from view for generations, think JFK and MKULTRA.  A new investigation has uncovered terrifying research on ethnic bioweapons and mind control experiments.

In this episode of Global Truths, Dr Keith Suter talks about the startling research projects that saw experiments conducted on prisoners and in particular, people of colour.

What will it take for the CIA finally have to come clean on what it did in its mind control experiments?  

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A recent book, The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market, breaks down the flow of wealth between the rich and the poor.  The numbers are staggering.  47 trillion dollars has lined the pockets of the rich, sourced from the poor.

In this episode of Global Truths, Dr Keith Suter explains why relying on a 'free market' has led to a widening divide between the haves, and have-nots.

It turns out teh TV show Utopia is a lot closer to the mark than we think.

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It's a small world - and it's getting smaller.  Diasporas around the world, where people move from one country to another, are growing in influence in their chosen home.

Think how many Indians are working in IT in Silicon Valley, or the number of Chinese here in Australia.  Their growing influence in their chosen home, is ever growing.

In this episode of Global Truths, Dr Keith Suter looks at how and why global diasporas make such a big impact in global communities, what it means for the future of those chosen nations.

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