Truly Peculiar, Tom Standage

The world can be an amazing place if you know the right questions to ask: Are overweight politicians less trustworthy? Why are Zoom meetings so dissatisfying? How can football reduce civil wars? Is it better to be a poor pupil in a rich country, or the other way around? How has the pandemic changed the consumption of illegal drugs? And how do sports stadiums emptied by the pandemic make it possible to measure referees' bias? The ever-curious minds of the Economist Explains reveal the counterintuitive answers to simple questions -- and the bizarre answers to questions most wouldn't even think to ask. Join the intrepid team at the Economist as they investigate our Truly Peculiar world.