Created in 1971, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is a wealth fund that is part of the Saudi government. It is used to promote Saudi interests and has recently prioritized diversifying the Saudi economy. Part of this diversification includes heavy investment in sport. These investments have included purchasing majority ownership in international sports teams, creating new leagues in Saudi, and hosting sporting events for international leagues in the country. The men’s FIFA World Cup is scheduled to be held in Saudi Arabia in 2034.

In Nikki Erlick’s novel The Measure, all people are given an opportunity to know how long they will live for. Every person in the world receives a sealed box with a piece of string. The length of the string indicates with great accuracy how long you will live for. It is up to each individual person if they want to open their box and determine how long they will live for.

Green growth is the theory that continuous economic growth can be environmentally sustainable.

Green growth is the theory that continuous economic growth can be environmentally sustainable.

“Late Stage Capitalism” is theory stemming from socialist analysis that the form of capitalism that society shifted into in the first half of the 20th century represents capitalism at its highest terminal stage, with major facets including globalization, financialization, and heightened consumerism. With this comes the idea such a stage will not sustain, paving the way for socialism. For many decades, such theories remained fairly obscure, however recent years have seen a revival of the term, seeing many of our society’s absurdities and tensions as indicators of capitalism being at a terminal phase.