Editor's Picks from The Economist

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Editor's Picks from The Economist

The Economist

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<p>Stay ahead with a selection of handpicked articles read aloud from the latest issue of <em>The Economist</em>. Published every Monday to Thursday.</p><br><p><em>If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist, you’ll have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription.</em></p><br><p><em>For more information about Economist Podcasts+, including how to get access, please visit our FAQs page here </em><a href="https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts</em></a><em>.</em></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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<p>A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. For decades it made sense to slowly pay down a mortgage over time, but that is <a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and...
Feb 19, 20256m
<p>Narendra Modi may well be the most popular politician on the planet. India’s prime minister is eyeing a third term atop the world’s biggest democracy.&nbsp;</p><br><p>A tea-seller’s son, Mr Modi be...
Jun 3, 20244m
<p>A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the <a href="https://www.economist.com/weeklyedition/2023-10-21" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">latest issue of <em>The Economist<...
Oct 22, 202322m
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, Britain in crisis: how not to run a country. Also, how to make sense of China’s president (10:00),...
Oct 2, 202222m
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, a new-look Gulf, Vladimir Putin's partial mobilisation (10:45), and the Google-Meta advertising du...
Sep 26, 202224m
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, why the British monarchy matters, Vladimir Putin’s war is failing (10:31), and China’s property cr...
Sep 19, 202223m
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the death of Elizabeth II marks the end of an era. Also, why Jair Bolsonaro poses a threat to Braz...
Sep 12, 202227m
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the disunited states of America, why Britain can't build (9:15) and Pakistan’s worst floods in rec...
Sep 5, 202224m
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, are sanctions on Russia working? Plus, Joe Biden’s sweeping debt-forgiveness plan (10:00) and in d...
Aug 29, 202221m
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, will Donald Trump run again? Also, the future of the Visa-Mastercard payments duopoly (9:35) and, ...
Aug 22, 202229m
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, how to prevent a war between America and China over Taiwan, thanks to Vladimir Putin, Germany has ...
Aug 15, 202231m
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, MBS: despot in the desert, the era of big-tech exceptionalism may be over (49:05), and why it’s OK...
Aug 8, 20221h 1m
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, what happened to the Ukrainians who fled to Russia, how the sun is both our creator and destroyer ...
Aug 1, 20221h 13m
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, why ESG should be boiled down to emissions, why the Tory leadership race should focus on Britain's...
Jul 25, 202233m
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, why the Democrats need to wake up and stop pandering to their extremes, Europe’s winter of discont...
Jul 17, 202222m
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, why Britain is in a dangerous state, why the world’s most exciting app is also its most mistrusted...
Jul 11, 202228m
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, how to win the long war in Ukraine, why the Supreme Court’s judicial activism will deepen cracks i...
Jul 4, 202222m
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, how to fix the world’s energy emergency without wrecking the environment, the Biden-Harris problem...
Jun 26, 202223m
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the remaking of globalisation, Latin America’s vicious circle (9:55), and does the tank have a fut...
Jun 19, 202230m
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, why foundation models are artificial intelligence’s new frontier, the stagnation nation: a chronic...
Jun 12, 202224m