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Reality Check With Élena: Episode 5 – The Silent Journey: Inside the Lives of Africa’s Displaced Youth

In this episode, we step into one of the most invisible and painful realities of our time: the journey of refugees, stranded between war, displacement, ... Read more

Reality Check With Élena: Episode 4 – The Man Behind the Market: Pablo Bustamante and Peru’s Quiet Economic Revolution

In this episode I have the privilege to talk with “the doer” Pablo Bustamante. The man who innovated finance and helped move Peru’s informal sector ... Read more

Reality Check With Élena: Episode 3 – The Hidden Key to Development: Charles Calomiris on Property Rights and Progress

Today, we sit with globally influential economist Charles Calomiris at the foothills of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, to discuss the foundations of economic development. ... Read more