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Economies of sail: migrant-smuggling entrepreneurs

2025-04-08

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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...

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Doomed traders: Trump’s tariff fallout

2025-04-07

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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...

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Why Trump’s tariffs are a massive mistake

2025-04-04

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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

2025-04-04

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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...

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Trump’s tariffs: what happens now?

2025-04-04

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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

2025-04-03

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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...

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Wall of duties: Trump’s towering tariffs

2025-04-03

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SHOW-NOTES TEXT (with links and timestamps; 60 wds max) Even in the run-up to Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day (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=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners)” tariff hikes, few had expected such...

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Ballot from the blue: will Ukraine hold a poll?

2025-04-02

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Months ago, holding an election (https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/03/30/zelensky-trump-and-putin-may-all-have-done-u-turns-on-elections-in-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) in wartorn Ukraine seemed impossible. Now plans are being made. Our correspondent explains the prospects for the campaign...

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Why do Americans love British English so much?

2025-04-02

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What do “bonkers”, “dicey” and “shambolic” have in common? Our language correspondent, Lane Greene, delves into the Britishisms that Americans love

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Right down: Le Pen barred

2025-04-01

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Marine Le Pen (https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/03/31/barring-marine-le-pen-is-a-political-thunderbolt-for-france?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 one of France’s most popular politicians, who has brought the National Rally party to the heart of the political landscape. Our correspondent explains...

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Shock and war: Myanmar junta exploits quake

2025-03-31

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Civil war in Myanmar is hampering relief efforts (https://www.economist.com/asia/2025/03/30/the-juntas-spite-worsens-myanmars-catastrophic-quake?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) after the devastating earthquake on Friday, as the ruling military regime intensifies attacks on resistance fighters. The impact...

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Is Elon Musk’s business empire in trouble?

2025-03-30

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While the world's richest man has been distracted shrinking the US government, Tesla's share price has plummeted and rival EV firm, BYD, has overtaken it in revenue. Are Musk's businesses in trouble? Our US technology editor, Henry Tricks, explains.

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Why is it so hard to get aid to Myanmar?

2025-03-28

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Myanmar has been struck by a series of devastating earthquakes, and its deadly civil war will make it one of the most difficult places for aid to reach. Our Asia correspondent, Sue-Lin Wong, explains why

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Whack of all trades: America’s economy

2025-03-28

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No surprises here: The Economist reckons tariffs are a terrible trade tool. But what is most clearly harming American businesses and scaring off investors is persistent uncertainty...

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Has Turkey become an autocracy

2025-03-27

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Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is facing major protests after imprisoning his main political rival, sparking the biggest protests seen in a decade. The move could signal a new shift towards autocracy

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Niall Ferguson: will Trump elude historians?

2025-03-26

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Is the use of private messaging apps like Signal by politicians erasing crucial historical evidence? Historian Niall Ferguson warns that in the future it might be much harder to write the biographies of modern leaders #historytok #history #niallferguson #donaldtrump #signal #uspolitics

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Why Asia has a traffic problem

2025-03-26

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Asia is notorious for some of the worst traffic jams in the world. Our Asia correspondent, Ethan Wu, explains why

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Canuck of the draw: Canada’s election campaigns

2025-03-26

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The Conservative Party, led by a Trump-tinged populist, once had the polls locked up. That is changing radically (https://www.economist.com/interactive/2025-canada-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) now that Donald Trump is seen as a threat to the nation. Amid America’s foreign-policy misfires,...

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The chat is out of the bag: a stunning leak

2025-03-25

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Put aside for the moment the outrageous security breach (https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/03/24/a-shambolic-leak-reveals-team-trumps-contempt-for-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) of a journalist being brought in on classified military planning: a leaked group chat reveals much about the...

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Are British nukes fit for purpose?

2025-03-24

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Are British nukes fit for purpose? Shashank Joshi, our defence editor, discusses with Malcolm Chalmers, deputy director general at RUSI

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