Episode 001

Why Britain should build a new island in the North Sea

Duncan McClements

8 May 202433m
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In this episode, we are visited in our thatched space station by a wunderkind economist who wants to turn a portion of the North Sea into a Wales-sized island. Duncan McClements is that economist, and you can find his blog, co-authored with Jason Hausenloy, below.

https://modelthinking.substack.com/p/a-new-atlantis

Editing by Calum Drysdale and Aeron Laffere. Our thanks to Cherie Chun for her help with the cover art.


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