INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING
Around the World
This Wood Is Key to Wind Power. Too Bad There's a Shortage
Balsa wood is light and strong — and without it, wind power gets a lot more complicated.
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China’s Steely Risk-Taker Bets on the UK
Li Ganpo ditched the “iron rice bowl“ to build his company, Jingye Group, into a hotels-to-chemicals empire.
Around the World
Can Brandenburg Show West Virginia How to Dump Coal?
Two towns separated by 100 miles — one, Germany's first energy self-sufficient community and the other in coal country — capture the sharpening divide over the country's clean energy future.
True Stories
How One Car Factory Drove Alongside Germany's 20th-Century Destiny
Zwickau’s fortunes have shifted with the fall of the wall … and now the fall of the traditional car.
OZY TV
The Carlos Watson Show
The Carlos Watson Show brings bold, impactful conversations with culture-defining celebrities, intellectual pioneers and changemakers, spotlighting the voices you need to hear to make sense of this important time in American history.
A Baltic Port Hits the Jackpot as Malaysians Gamble on Shipyards
In Germany’s Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state, a casino conglomerate is building big ships, reviving a job market that's been down for decades.
Around the World
Germany's Poor Little Rich City
Bremen — Germany’s second-smallest state — is wealthy.
Around the World
Why This German State Says 'Jawohl' to Migrants
From the Deutsche Bahn to Mercedes, Baden-Württemberg is fueling its economy through migrant labor, and killing support for the far-right.
Around the World
Volkswagen's Best-Selling Product Is a ... Sausage
The German auto giant’s Wolfsburg plant, the world’s largest factory, produces many more wursts than cars.
Vietnam Starts to Catch Up With Chinese Manufacturing
The Southeast Asian nation is slowly building a supply chain to rival China’s.
News + Politics
Will the Next Recession Save Generic Drugs?
A global economic downturn could very well revive the lifesaving drug industry.
OZY NEWSLETTER
The Weekender
OZY Tribe members near and far provide delicious recommendations for your valuable weekend time.
News + Politics
As the UAW Strikes, Its President Tries to Pump the Brakes on a Corruption Rap
United Auto Workers President Gary Jones finds himself in hot water at just the wrong time.
