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Checks and Balance: Aid, and a bet
For months, a big foreign-aid deal looked like it was going nowhere in the House of Representatives....
EscucharMoney Talks: Why weight-loss drugs will reshape the world
More than 1bn people around the world are obese. That means there should be extraordinary demand for...
EscucharDrum Tower: Xi’s doomed economic plan
The Economist’s editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes was recently in Beijing for the China Development...
EscucharThe Intelligence: Bear up
In Russia inflation is under control, wages are on the up and supposedly tough sanctions have been successfully...
EscucharChecks and Balance: Capitol gains
While America’s focus has been on the presidential election, the race for Congress is even more volatile....
EscucharDrum Tower: Tick tock for TikTok
On March 13th America’s House of Representatives passed a bill that could ban TikTok nationwide unless...
EscucharEditor’s Picks: March 25th 2024
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week,...
EscucharMoney Talks: Should Amazon be afraid of Temu?
Amazon started with a plan to disrupt bookselling. It sold cheap books online, delivering them straight...
EscucharChecks and Balance: Growth states
It’s not long since America was widely thought to be on the brink of recession. Instead the economy...
EscucharBabbage: The science that built the AI revolution—part one
What is intelligence? In the middle of the 20th century, the inner workings of the human brain inspired...
EscucharThe Intelligence: Pressures for peace
The international push for a ceasefire in Gaza continues, but the tragedies keep coming; in many ways...
EscucharMoney Talks: Is the West losing its sanctions war?
It's been two years since Russia brought war to Ukraine. America, Britain and the European Union may...
EscucharBabbage: The hunt for dark matter
Dark matter is thought to make up around a quarter of the universe, but so far it has eluded detection...
EscucharDrum Tower: The sounds of old Beijing
In some ways, Beijing now sounds like a lot of other mega cities. Yet, back in imperial times, sound...
EscucharChecks and Balance: Strike accord
America has launched strikes against Iranian-backed militias in the Middle East, in response to an attack...
EscucharDrum Tower: Competing for kids
China’s decades-long economic boom was powered by workers who migrated from the countryside to cities...
EscucharBabbage: Sam Altman and Satya Nadella on their vision for AI
OpenAI and Microsoft are leaders in generative artificial intelligence (AI). OpenAI has built GPT-4,...
EscucharMoney Talks: Europe’s luxury crown
European firms dominate the global luxury landscape, accounting for two-thirds of sales and nine of...
EscucharDrum Tower: Taiwan goes to the polls
China is watching Taiwan’s next presidential race closely. The results will influence Xi Jinping’s...
EscucharChecks and Balance: Biden or bust
Joe Biden’s chances against Donald Trump in November do not look good. He is unpopular and his age...
EscucharMoney Talks: There’s no business like it
We raise the curtain on the business of New York’s iconic theatre district. Broadway has been struggling...
EscucharBabbage: Science book club
Books are the original medium for communicating science to the masses. In a holiday special, producer...
EscucharDrum Tower: Stand-up feminists
Tickets for “Nvzizhuyi”—a monthly stand-up comedy show in New York City— often sell out in less...
EscucharMoney Talks: Play it again, Sam Altman
In five days OpenAI’s boss was fired by its board; hired by Microsoft, the startup’s biggest investor;...
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