ɪɾ ɛksplˈeɪnz ɪn nˈɑːntˈɛknɪkəl tˈɜːmz hˌaʊ stˈɑːɹbʌks ænd ˈʌðɚ kˈɔfi pɹəvˈaɪdɚz pɹˈaɪs ðɛɹ pɹˈɑːdʌkts, wˌaɪ ɪɾ ɪz hˈɑːɹd tə bˈaɪ ɐ dˈiːsənt jˈuːzd kˈɑːɹ, wˌaɪ ðə hˈɛlθ ɪnʃˈʊɹɹəns sˈɪstəm ɪnðə juːnˈaɪɾᵻd stˈeɪts ɪz fˈeɪlɪŋ, ænd wˌaɪ pˈʊɹ kˈʌntɹiz ɹᵻmˈeɪn pˈʊɹ wˌaɪl ðə pˈiːpəlz ɹᵻpˈʌblɪk ʌv tʃˈaɪnə hɐz kəntˈɪnjuːəsli ɡɹˈoʊn ɹˈɪtʃ ɪnðə lˈæst kˈʌpəl ʌv dˈɛkeɪdz.
It explains in non-technical terms how Starbucks and other coffee providers price their products, why it is hard to buy a decent used car, why the health insurance system in the United States is failing, and why poor countries remain poor while the People's Republic of China has continuously grown rich in the last couple of decades.