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Are lab-grown diamonds too successful?

2025-02-14

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Lab-grown diamonds have become increasingly popular in recent years but, with prices now falling, have they started to become too successful for their own good?

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Love match: Modi-Trump’s tariffs tussle

2025-02-14

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The American president and Indian prime minister have long been friends. But when the two met at the White House yesterday, they had many thorny issues (https://www.economist.com/asia/2025/02/11/is-maga-great-for-india?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 discuss, including trade and immigration. Why the...

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Zelensky fears being sidelined by Trump

2025-02-13

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On February 12th, President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin, without co-ordinating the details beforehand with Ukraine, and announced that negotiations to end the war would start “immediately”. It was exactly the sort of unilateral American move that, just hours earlier, Volodymyr Zelensky warned against in this interview with The Economist. “If Russia is left alone with America, Putin with Trump, or their teams,...

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With this ring: Trump and Putin omit Ukraine

2025-02-13

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During a 90-minute telephone conversation, the American and Russian presidents started negotiating (https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/02/12/donald-trump-starts-immediate-talks-with-vladimir-putin-on-ukraine?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) a future for Ukraine. What will this mean for Europe? Our...

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Scam Inc 3: The bottom line

2025-02-13

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How do you run a scam operation? Perks, recruitment, outsourcing and a monthly landscaping budget—this is Scam Inc. To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+: https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist, you have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page:...

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Scam Inc 2: Opportunity of a lifetime

2025-02-13

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Who are the scammers? They aren't who you think. To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+: https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist, you have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page: https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts Watch...

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Scam Inc 1: Pigs in a barrel

2025-02-13

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You wouldn’t fall for a scam—would you? A small town in Kansas is left reeling after one of its best and brightest gets sucked in. To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+: https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist, you have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs...

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War hoarse: is Zelensky being heard?

2025-02-12

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In an interview with The Economist ahead of the Munich Security Conference, Ukraine’s president (https://www.economist.com/topics/ukraine-at-war?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 pessimistic that Trump can end the conflict. How fish farming in West Africa could improve food security (11.57). And...

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Eye to the chancellor: interviewing Friedrich Merz

2025-02-11

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The winner of Germany’s upcoming election will also play a crucial role in Europe. The Economist’s editor-in-chief speaks to Friedrich Merz (https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/02/10/germanys-business-model-is-gone-warns-friedrich-merz?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 front-runner for chancellor,...

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What do burgers and economic theory have in common? #economics #currency #bigmac #finance #dollar

2025-02-10

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The Big Mac index was invented by The Economist in the 1980s as a lighthearted guide to whether currencies are over- or under-valued. Here‘s how it works.

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I’ll be jammed: electronic warfare in Ukraine

2025-02-10

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Some of the most frenetic innovation of Ukraine’s war happens in the electromagnetic spectrum: detecting and denying signals to and from materiel. This invisible battle...

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Why is Greenland so valuable?

2025-02-10

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Greenland, the world’s largest island, could be at the centre of the greatest resource rush ever seen. President Trump has said he wants it. So why is Greenland so valuable?

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Scam Inc 3: The bottom line

2025-02-08

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How do you run a scam operation? Perks, recruitment, outsourcing and a monthly landscaping budget—this is Scam Inc. To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+ (https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus). If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist, you have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs...

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Scam Inc 2: Opportunity of a lifetime

2025-02-08

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Who are the scammers? They aren't who you think. To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+ (https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus). If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist, you have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs (https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts) page or...

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Trump: imperial president or hustler-in-chief?

2025-02-07

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Donald Trump is the first president in more than a century to call for new American territory. He says he’s interested in acquiring Canada, Greenland, the Panama Canal, and now, Gaza. Does he really harbour imperial fantasies, or is this all just a negotiating ploy? #DonaldTrump #Greenland #uspolitics #Geopolitics #Canada #panamacanal #politics #usa #republican

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It could happen to you: introducing “Scam Inc”

2025-02-07

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Our new podcast series (https://www.economist.com/audio/podcasts/scam-inc?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 a shocking look at transnational organised crime...

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Leeward: we meet South Korea’s probable president

2025-02-06

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We meet the opposition leader (https://www.economist.com/asia/2025/01/30/who-is-lee-jae-myung-south-koreas-possible-next-president?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 is likely to be the next president. Cleaning up the domestic mess after an alleged coup would seem easy compared with his tasks on the...

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As a next resort: Trump’s vision for Gaza

2025-02-05

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The details President Donald Trump laid out for American ownership and redevelopment (https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2025/02/05/donald-trumps-eye-popping-plan-to-make-gaza-american?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) of the Gaza Strip took everyone by surprise—not least Israel’s prime...

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Rebel with a new cause: meeting Syria’s president

2025-02-04

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From media-studies dropout to international jihadist to Syria’s ruler, Ahmed al-Sharaa has an unlikely résumé. He speaks with our editor-in-chief, sharing hopeful-sounding hints...

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Thy neighbours, beggared: Trump’s opening tariffs

2025-02-03

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President Donald Trump followed through on his tariff threats, starting with Canada, Mexico and China. We look at the first skirmishes (https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/02/02/trumps-brutal-tariffs-far-outstrip-any-he-has-imposed-before?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 what promises...

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