The Economist
Why words for mother are similar around the world
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- Why words for mother are similar around the world
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Why do some words, like the ones for “mother” and “father”, sound so similar in completely unrelated languages? Our language correspondent, Lane Greene, has one explanation. We have corrected a mistake in this video, thanks to the eagle-eyed viewers who flagged it
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- Why America is right to lift sanctions on Syria
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- 1 year ago
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- American sanctions were originally imposed on the Assad regime for atrocities including chemical attacks on civilians. But with Syria’s new administration in charge, they have outlived their purpose. Our editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, explains why
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- Why does Trump admire Saudi Arabia?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- In Donald Trump’s first term his first foreign visit was to Saudi Arabia. Eight years later he headed there again, but he’ll find it’s a very different country as our business affair editor, Rachana Shanbhogue, explains
00:00 How Saudi Arabia has changed
02:52 Why does MBS have Trump’s ear?
04:22 The social transformation
05:25 The economic transformation
07:30 What’s at stake?
Listen to the rest of the episode: https://econ.st/42V1Nx1
Saudi Arabia is pulling off an astonishing transformation: https://econ.st/4ke1WkO
Saudi society has changed drastically. Can the economy change, too?: https://econ.st/439ctqI
MAGA meets MBS: https://econ.st/3GRxyOR
More of our Middle East coverage: https://econ.st/44zPN5t
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- How many times in your life have you had a great boss?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Learn how to be a better manager from top CEOs and experts who’ve studied them on the “Boss Class” podcast. The series returns with tips from some of the world’s best-known companies. To listen you’ll need to be a subscriber. Search Economist Podcasts+ for our best offer
Listen to Boss Class: https://econ.st/4iZVYmO
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- Is Putin‘s narrative working?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Eighty years on since VE Day, The Economist’s Russia and eastern Europe editor, Arkady Ostrovsky, explores the impact the day had on Russia and what celebrations will look like this year on The Intelligence podcast
00:00 - What was VE day like in Russia in 1945?
01:40 - What does VE day mean for Putin today?
03:36 - Is this narrative working?
04:52 - What will celebrations look like in Russia this year?
Listen to the full episode: https://econ.st/43jxpMW
How The Economist reported on VE day in 1945: https://econ.st/4dcg1Ny
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- Why MAGA loves Viktor Orban
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Donald Trump’s MAGA movement sees a role model in Hungary’s Viktor Orban. As Europe’s longest-serving leader, he has undermined democratic norms and concentrated power. But while there are echoes in Trump’s second-term agenda, America may not be as easy to bend.
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- Should Silicon Valley and politics mix?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn co-founder and ex-colleague of Elon Musk, shares his thoughts on if Silicon Valley and politics should mix
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- Books you didn’t know were propaganda
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Governments influence a surprising amount of literature, such as these four books, that you may not have known were propaganda
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- Could India cut off Pakistan's water supply?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- After a brutal terrorist attack in Indian-administrated Kashmir, a decades-long water treaty between India and Pakistan has been suspended by the Indian government. Pakistan is heavily dependent on the waters from the treaty. Could India cut off Pakistan’s supply?
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- How powerful is Nigel Farage?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Nigel Farage's Reform UK has had a historic day, including winning the by-election in Runcorn and Helsby by just six votes. Matthew Holehouse, our British political correspondent, explains why Farage won't stop there
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- Why US tariffs on China will hurt American shoppers
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Consumers will have to foot most of the bill when tariffs on Chinese companies, such as Shein and Temu, take effect. But Donald Trump’s hostility to Chinese manufacturers might just force them to morph into true multinational corporations
00:00 - How will Chinese companies be impacted by the trade war?
01:59 - How are Chinese companies able to sell so much to consumers?
02:59 - Why are Trump’s tariffs so harmful to Chinese companies?
03:43 - Can Chinese goods be sold elsewhere, outside of America?
04:32 - How Temu and Shein are trying to become less Chinese
05:52 - How has the Chinese government responded to the tariffs?
Listen to the rest of the episode: https://econ.st/42GPlB4
Can Shein and Temu survive Trump’s trade war?: https://econ.st/4jNRbG4
More of our China coverage: https://econ.st/4lY53zf
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- Does your metabolism slow down with age?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Is it harder to lose weight as you age? No according to Herman Pontzer, an anthropologist, who explains on Babbage, our science and technology podcast
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- How will tariffs hurt American consumers?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Are prices about to go up for American consumers? Vietnam is particularly exposed to Donald Trump's tariffs, it manufactures everything from sports apparel to Christmas decorations. Our Asia business and finance editor, Ethan Wu, reports from a trade fair in the south of the country
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- Will Donald Trump's revolution succeed?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term have been the most consequential of any president this century. He is leading a revolutionary project that aspires to remake the economy, the bureaucracy, culture and even the idea of America itself. The question for the next 1,361 days is: will he succeed?
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- Trailer: Boss Class Season 2
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Good bosses are rare. They don’t have to be. The skills of management can be learned.
The Economist’s management columnist, Andrew Palmer, is here to help. The second season of Boss Class features leaders at some of the world’s best performing companies, from Levi’s to Novo Nordisk to Google.
New episodes are out weekly starting May 12th.
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- Modi behaviour: will India retaliate against Pakistan?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Tensions between India and Pakistan have flared after the terrorist attack in Kashmir (https://www.economist.com/asia/2025/04/27/tensions-soar-as-india-weighs-how-to-hit-pakistan?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners)last week. Our correspondent explains what Narendra Modi may do next. Why even priests and the clergy (https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/03/27/even-priests-need-the-free-market?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) need the free market (8:56). And the surprising survival of cassette tapes (https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/04/08/doge-is-coming-for-american-officials-magnetic-tape?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shown...
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- Why is Canada's election so significant?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Never before in Canada has public opinion changed so quickly and deeply as it has since Justin Trudeau resigned and Donald Trump returned as US president. With Mark Carney's Liberal Party on track to win, Robert Russo, our Canada correspondent, explores this dramatic shift
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- Can Trump run for a third term?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The US president insists there are “methods” he could use to stay in office. We explain the obstacles in Trump’s way and why he likes to keep the idea alive #donaldtrump #politics
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- Carney score: last days of Canada’s campaign
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Canada’s sovereignty has loomed large in the federal election campaign (https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2025/04/23/captain-canada-carney-gains-in-the-maple-leaf-v-maga-election?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners), but beyond the show of national unity the country’s media and political landscape is riven with division. To counter China’s capabilities, America may have to start building ships (https://www.economist.com/asia/2025/02/20/only-asia-can-help-america-counter-chinas-shipbuilding-prowess?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) in Asia (11:26). And how “The Economist” reported the defeat of the Nazis: a sample from our 1945 interactive (https://www.economist.com/interactive/archive-1945?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=au...
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- Could AI help the climate?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Will AI help or hinder the climate? Alex Hern, AI writer, and Rachel Dobbs, environment editor, join Alok Jha to discuss on Babbage, our science and technology podcast
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- Is the world still working from home?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- From mid-week golf to living in the suburbs, working from home has brought many benefits. The Economist's Archie Hall discusses the pros and cons on The Intelligence
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- Fed man walking? Trump v Powell
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- First, Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve, was for the chop; then he was safe. As elsewhere President Donald Trump’s flip-flopping (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/04/23/president-trumps-attacks-on-the-fed-are-not-over?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) chips away at American credibility. After years of working from home, data make clear (https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/04/21/unlike-everyone-else-americans-and-britons-still-shun-the-office?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) which demographic likes to do more of it (10:40). And electric vehicles do pollute the air (https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/04/11/electric-vehicles-also-cause-air-pollution?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium...
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- What's the best way to negotiate with Donald Trump?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- As countries around the world reel from the announcement of his tariffs, leaders are trying everything from flattery to threats in the hope of a deal
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- Division multiplication: the UAE’s foreign meddling
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The United Arab Emirates projects an image of level-headed calm in the Gulf. Its actions abroad, however, betray a far more divisive (https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2025/04/16/the-uae-preaches-unity-at-home-but-pursues-division-abroad?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) and ideological agenda. Japan’s recent rice crisis (https://www.economist.com/asia/2025/04/10/japan-faces-a-reckoning-over-rice?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) is in part about market reforms—but solving it is mostly about making farmers happier (10:29). And a romp through the linguistics (and culture-war triggers) of personal pronouns (https://www.economist.com/culture/2025/04/10/pronouns-have-become-extremely-divisive?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_med...
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- Cardinals in: choosing the next pope
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- As the cardinals of the coming conclave prepare, our correspondent considers what will guide them. Which of the church’s challenges (https://www.economist.com/international/2025/04/21/the-coming-struggle-to-choose-the-next-pope?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) will the next pope be elected to address? In Mexico the discovery of a ranch littered with clothing adds disturbing evidence (https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2025/03/25/a-newly-discovered-killing-site-shocks-mexico?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) to a torrent of mysterious disappearances (9:24). And the wild goings-on (https://www.economist.com/culture/2025/04/14/feral-minecraft-movie-fans-spark-irritation-and-optimism?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&...
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- Do immigrants drain the public finances?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Do immigrants actually undercut welfare systems and drain public finances? Our economics editor, Henry Curr, takes on this claim #economics #immigration
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- A man of the people: Pope Francis has died
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- He shunned fancy vestments and paid surprise visits to prisons and hospitals: our obituaries editor reflects on the life of a reform-minded pontiff (https://www.economist.com/obituary/2025/04/21/pope-francis-changed-the-catholic-church-but-not-as-much-as-he-hoped?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) who preferred to be among his flock. High-protein snacks (https://www.economist.com/business/2025/03/06/catering-to-protein-rich-diets-is-a-tasty-business?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) are on an absolute tear, and one explanation is linked to new weight-loss drugs (7:49). And the thorny business of nudging an employee towards resigning (https://www.economist.com/business/2025/02/13/how-to-get-people-to-resign?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_mediu...
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- How are time zones decided?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- It's not just the sun that decides what time it is, but national identities, rivalries and governments too. Our interactive data journalist, Olivia Vane, examines how politics shapes the world's time zones
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- Gene genies: CRISPR’s critical moment
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- It is a Nobel-winning idea with untold promise in health care, agriculture and more. We examine what must change (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/02/26/crispr-technologies-hold-enormous-promise-for-farming-and-medicine?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) in order to capture those benefits. Asia’s love affair with gold has long been chalked up to cultural motives; our correspondent finds far more going on (https://www.economist.com/asia/2025/04/13/why-asias-love-affair-with-gold-persists?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (10.45). And for all the draw of New Zealand’s verdant chill, lots of natives want out (https://www.economist.com/asia/2025/03/06/why-new-zealanders-are-emigrating-in-record-numbers?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_med...
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- Trump’s fickle, Xi’s pickle: the dynamic driving US-China tensions
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- President Xi Jinping’s style of negotiating is staid, distanced, a quiet projection of power. President Donald Trump’s is not. That dynamic is complicating (https://www.economist.com/international/2025/04/15/xi-jinpings-trump-sized-puzzle?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) their gargantuan standoff. Spain ends up with more and more remains of migrants who die on their journeys—and its morgues cannot keep up (https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/04/10/spanish-morgues-are-straining-to-identify-migrants?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (10:29). And in an age of video games pinball is not only surviving, it’s flipping thriving (https://www.economist.com/culture/2025/02/27/do-you-play-a-mean-pinball?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=...
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- Cash and checks: Argentina’s next IMF loan
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- For the 23rd time the International Monetary Fund will cough up, this time to the tune of $20bn. But the reforms stipulated by the loan, alongside promising changes already under way, suggest this time might be different (https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2025/04/14/javier-mileis-big-move-to-normalise-argentinas-economy?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners). Near America’s border with Mexico, high-speed chases have become more common—and more deadly (https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/03/27/texas-troopers-are-in-more-and-more-lethal-car-chases?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (9:08). And myriad uncertainties are making Europe a continent of preppers (https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/03/27/the-prospect-of-war-has...
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- Could there be conflict over Antarctica?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Antarctica has been a model of peaceful international cooperation for six decades. But renewed rivalries between global powers is now threatening to cause chaos on the continent.
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- Has Trump damaged the dollar?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Trump’s tariffs have caused the American stockmarket to dip, bond yields to go up and the dollar to fall. All three happening at the same time is a red flag for economists. Has the president permanently hurt America’s economy? Our Economics editor Henry Curr shares his take on The Intelligence podcast
00:00 - Why the financial markets’ reaction to Trump’s tariffs are concerning
02:31 - What Trump’s administration thinks of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency
04:17 - What might happen now?
08:40 - What could take the dollar’s place as the world’s reserve currency?
11:50 - Has the damage already been done?
Listen to the rest of the episode: https://econ.st/3Ea78ap
A flight from the dollar could wreck America’s finances: https://econ.st/42cgLOT
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- What's the meaning behind your name?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- How popular is your name, and what does it mean? The Economist's senior data journalist, Sondre Solstad, has used artificial intelligence to find out
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- The buck stops here? The threats to dollar primacy
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Falling trust in the greenback is most apparent in bond-market moves. How close is the dollar to losing its status (https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/04/13/a-flight-from-the-dollar-could-wreck-americas-finances?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) as the world’s go-to currency, and what could take its place? We take a look at Jordan Bardella (https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/04/04/jordan-bardella-the-french-hard-rights-young-hope?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners), the young, polished, ever-rising star of France’s far right (11:56). And Hong Kong’s notoriously gruff cab drivers are told to smile more…or else (https://www.economist.com/china/2025/03/13/hong-kongs-taxi-drivers-are-told-to-smile-more?utm_cam...
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- Bloody Sunday: Russia’s strikes on Sumy
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- President Donald Trump called the weekend strike on Sumy a “mistake”; other leaders called it a war crime. We examine the prospects for peace when Russia is brazenly hitting civilian targets (https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/04/13/russia-continues-to-rain-down-death-on-ukrainian-cities?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners). As scientists flee American institutions, Europe is trying to woo them (https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/03/27/trump-is-driving-american-scientists-into-europes-arms?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (10:29). And Britain’s historical consumer-price index (https://www.economist.com/britain/2025/03/20/comparing-apples-and-oranges-and-also-small-caged-mammals?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np...
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- Could China win a trade war with America?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- China and America have hit each other with eye-watering tariffs. It’s an economic poker match between two superpowers but could China have the better cards?
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- Why are American bombers appearing on a remote island?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Why are American warplanes appearing in the middle of the Indian Ocean? As tensions grow between Israel and Iran, The Economist analyses how America is boosting its military might in the region
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- The great brawl: China v America
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Donald Trump is now aiming his trade war (https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/04/10/can-china-fight-america-alone?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) squarely at China. As the tit-for-tat tariff battle keeps escalating, investors are fleeing to safe assets. What will happen next? Germany’s Friedrich Merz finally signs a deal for a coalition government (https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/04/09/germanys-new-centrist-government-is-reassuring-but-bland?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (10:12). And remembering Betty Webb (https://www.economist.com/obituary/2025/04/10/betty-webb-never-spoke-about-her-work-until-she-had-to?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.co...
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- Will Elon Musk make it to Mars by 2028?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Will Elon Musk make it to Mars by 2028? Oliver Morton, our senior editor, explains why he thinks this is unlikely on Babbage, our science and technology podcast
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- Art of the real: Trump bows to markets
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Just 12 hours after Donald Trump launched his searing regime of tariffs, he paused (https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/04/09/trumps-tariff-pause-brings-investors-relief-but-worries-remain?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) many of them for 90 days. What's next for global trade? An outlandish proposal to build data centres (https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/04/09/could-data-centres-ever-be-built-in-orbit?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) in space (8:14). And why “The Great Gatsby (https://www.economist.com/culture/2025/03/14/at-100-the-great-gatsby-is-as-urgent-as-ever-old-sport?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_sh...
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- Pulp friction: the trade war bites Apple
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- As Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs take effect, our correspondent explains how one of America’s most profitable companies (https://www.economist.com/business/2025/04/04/apple-gets-caught-in-a-trade-war-nightmare?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) may navigate the trade war. Are class divides (https://www.economist.com/britain/2025/03/24/new-data-show-that-the-class-divide-in-britain-may-not-be-so-wide?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) in Britain softening (9:28)? And Republican influencers (https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/03/06/the-women-vying-to-make-conservatism-fashionable-online?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_arti...
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- Could Trump’s tariffs cause a global recession?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Henry Curr, our economics editor, explains why even if Trump were to u-turn now, he’s already caused lasting damage to the world economy.
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- Could the stockmarket chaos get worse?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Donald Trump’s tariffs have caused wild swings in the stockmarkets, but could the chaos get worse? Josh Roberts, our capital markets correspondent, gives his take
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- Economies of sail: migrant-smuggling entrepreneurs
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- More than 36,000 migrants (https://www.economist.com/britain/2025/04/01/britains-plan-to-smash-people-smuggling-gangs-has-a-big-problem?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) crossed the English Channel in small boats last year. Our correspondent investigates the increasingly sophisticated business strategies of the criminals who smuggle them. As the planet heats, wildfires in East Asia are becoming fiercer and more frequent (10:36). And why ordinary Americans are falling out of love (https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2025/03/31/schooled-by-trump-americans-are-learning-to-dislike-their-allies?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) with their former international allies (18:31).
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- Title
- Doomed traders: Trump’s tariff fallout
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Since Donald Trump announced punishing tariffs on “Liberation Day” last week, stock markets have fallen and governments and businesses scrambled to respond. Our correspondent discusses the impact on the global economy (https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/04/06/trumps-trade-war-threatens-a-global-recession?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners). Do personalised diets really improve gut health (https://www.economist.com/britain/2025/03/20/zoe-a-british-personal-nutrition-app-is-growing-fast?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) (9:16)? And gasp at the science of how seals (https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/03/20/why-dont-seals-drown?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligenc...
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- Why Trump’s tariffs are a massive mistake
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- President Trump’s tariff plan is the biggest break in American trade policy in over a century. It’s also one of the most profound and harmful mistakes of the modern era. Our economics editor, Henry Curr, explains why it’s so utterly deluded.
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- Over the Yoon: South Korea ousts president
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- South Korea has been paralysed since its president declared martial law in December. Even after his impeachment (https://www.economist.com/asia/2025/04/04/yoon-suk-yeol-south-koreas-disgraced-president-is-ousted?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners), politicians face a divided polity and battered economy. Why governments should pay attention to the “Henry (https://www.economist.com/britain/2025/03/26/who-will-speak-for-henry?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners)” – High Earner, Not Rich Yet (9:49). And what tiffs over tofu (https://www.economist.com/culture/2025/01/27/tofu-never-judge-a-food-by-its-political-reputation?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_s...
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- Trump’s tariffs: what happens now?
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs have sent shockwaves across the global trading system, causing chaos and consternation. The Economist’s business affairs editor, Rachana Shanbhogue, gives her insight
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- Import-extort: what to make of Donald Trump’s titanic tariffs
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- After months of bluster, he’s finally done it. At a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden, Donald Trump overturned decades of American trade policy with a simple signature. The new wave of trade restrictions (https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/04/03/trump-takes-americas-trade-policies-back-to-the-19th-century?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=moneytalks&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners), if implemented in full, will raise tariffs (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/04/03/president-trumps-mindless-tariffs-will-cause-economic-havoc?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=moneytalks&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) to the highest level in more than a century. So how bad could it get?
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