Ideas

Quartz Ideas is a place where the world’s most original and creative thinkers gather to present their boldest ideas. We explore the leading thinking about the world’s most pressing issues. The Quartz Ideas network is made up of entrepreneurs, scientists, academics, artists, and executives whose experience and expertise provide surprising insights and provoke conversation and debate. Together, they peer around corners to reveal the future shape of the global economy.

Illustration by Ana Kova

INSULIN FOR ALL
How high prices for diabetes care amplify health inequities
Quartz • July 15, 2020
EVERYBODY'S DOING IT
How behavioral science can help enforce social distancing
Quartz • June 2, 2020
MY PANDEMIC ROMANCE
Covid-19 is adding an unexpected urgency to how we date
Quartz • May 8, 2020

LOSS IS A PROCESS
What we lose when we grieve in isolation
Quartz • May 7, 2020
NOT AN OPEN-AND-SHUT CASE
Covid-19 is deadly, and so is keeping millions of people out of work
Quartz • May 5, 2020
HELLO FROM THE OTHER SIDE
Wuhan residents on how to make the most of your quarantine
Quartz • May 1, 2020
PROBLEM WITH AUTHORITY
Western democracy’s problem with authority makes it more vulnerable to Covid-19
Quartz • May 1, 2020
BLAME GAME
Falling for China’s fake Covid-19 news was a dangerous and preventable mistake
Quartz • April 30, 2020
USE YOUR IMAGINATION
What the next phase of the Covid-19 economic crisis looks like
Quartz • April 27, 2020
GUT FEELING
The key to good mental health in quarantine is in the food you eat
Quartz • April 24, 2020

HOW TO HELP
How to make medical-grade face shields at home for healthcare workers
Quartz • April 18, 2020
RELIC OF THE COAL AGE
Fossil fuels are propelling Covid-19—and the next pandemic
Quartz • April 16, 2020
COVID ECON 101
Stimulus packages aren’t enough to recover from the Covid-19 economy
Quartz • April 14, 2020
DEEP CUTS
Covid-19 relief efforts are ignoring the people who need it most
Quartz • April 14, 2020
Conditions for migrants are so dire that Covid-19 isn’t even their deadliest threat
Quartz • April 9, 2020
1 STEP FORWARD, 1 STEP BACK
IVF was helping Greece revamp its dwindling population—then Covid-19 happened
Quartz • April 9, 2020
STRANGER THAN FICTION
Apocalyptic sci-fi is helping me cope with the Covid-19 crisis—yes, really
Quartz • April 8, 2020
TEAMWORK
Chinese communities built a donation pipeline for Covid-19 supplies to US hospitals
Quartz • April 4, 2020
AN UNLIKELY TELEPROMPTER
Covid-19 expanded telemedicine measures that we’ve needed for years
Quartz • April 3, 2020
$ONGS FOR THE KID$
Children’s music never broke through in China, but coronavirus may change that
Quartz • March 31, 2020
MORE OF THE SAME
5 things that won’t change in the post-coronavirus economy
Quartz • March 30, 2020
ALL SPORTS ARE ESPORTS NOW
The borderless nature of gaming is allowing esports to thrive during coronavirus
Quartz • March 30, 2020
THE KICKER
Coronavirus is blocking the painstaking path to equal pay in sports
Quartz • March 26, 2020
PUBLIC SAFETY OVER PAPERS
Why ICE’s coronavirus response is so dangerous
Quartz • March 25, 2020
DOCTORS WITHOUT RESOURCES
I’m a healthcare worker, and this is what it’s like to treat patients during coronavirus
Quartz • March 21, 2020
SHOW ME THE DATA
The US isn’t using data that could save people from getting coronavirus
Quartz • March 20, 2020
RACIST PAST/RACIST PRESENT
Coronavirus resurfaces the US’s history of using disease as an excuse to be racist
Quartz • March 18, 2020
DRACONIAN MEASURES SAVE LIVES
What all the countries that contained coronavirus have in common
Quartz • March 18, 2020
CULT CLASSIC
Why buying into pop culture and joining a cult is basically the same thing
Quartz • March 10, 2020
ROOT OF INEQUALITY
Sexual violence against women is a global crisis. Stop trying to make it a national one
Quartz • March 2, 2020
BANK VS. BUCK
Your own bank is getting in the way of your financial stability
Quartz • February 19, 2020
SLEEPER-HIT HIGH
Could a little-known cannabinoid upend the natural sleep-aid market?
Quartz • February 6, 2020
DÉJÀ FLU
The US isn’t defenseless against the coronavirus, but it is unprepared
Quartz • January 30, 2020
TIKTOK TALK
Targeting TikTok’s privacy alone misses a larger issue: Chinese state control
Quartz • January 24, 2020
RESCUE AND PROTECT
Davos is ignoring one of the most devastating humanitarian crises of our time
Quartz • January 23, 2020
THE SICK BUSINESS
Patients can’t afford for doctors to misunderstand the healthcare business
Quartz • January 22, 2020
SMOOTH CYBERCRIMINAL
The hack back bill legitimizes a messy game of revenge for businesses
Quartz • January 15, 2020
SHARING IS CARING
How open-source code could help us survive natural disasters
Quartz • January 14, 2020
OUT-SPACED
The best way to make a profit as an aerospace company is to fail
Quartz • January 13, 2020
BAD MEDICINE
The healthcare system thinks helping women is bad for business
Quartz • January 10, 2020
SKILLS SOLUTION
The US has a skills gap problem—and it’s ignoring its most obvious solution
Quartz • January 10, 2020
WORK VS. PLAY
League of Legends gamers could become California’s newest workforce
Quartz • January 9, 2020
CYBER PARENTING
The age of cybersecurity is forcing parents to redefine “the talk”
Quartz • January 7, 2020
GROWING BIG WEED
Changing how society views cannabis use can boost industry innovation
Quartz • January 4, 2020
UPSTREAM
Music streaming services mishandle our data—and our culture is paying for it
Quartz • January 3, 2020
COMIC PSYCHOLOGY
The visual language of comic books can improve brain function
Quartz • January 2, 2020
CANCEL ANYTIME
More people are dying alone—and the global economy isn’t prepared for it
Quartz • December 21, 2019
DIVVY AND CONQUER
For a more equal division of labor at home, stop delegating and start divvying
Quartz • December 20, 2019
MOB MENTALITY
What Trump really wants is to join the axis of evil
Quartz • December 19, 2019
SUPERPOWER COMPLEX
Everyone has moved past the US-China trade war—except the US and China
Quartz • December 16, 2019