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How are time zones decided?

2025-04-20

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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

2025-04-18

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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...

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Trump’s fickle, Xi’s pickle: the dynamic driving US-China tensions

2025-04-17

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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...

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Cash and checks: Argentina’s next IMF loan

2025-04-16

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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...

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Could there be conflict over Antarctica?

2025-04-16

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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?

2025-04-15

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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...

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What’s the meaning behind your name?

2025-04-15

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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

2025-04-15

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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...

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Bloody Sunday: Russia’s strikes on Sumy

2025-04-14

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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...

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Could China win a trade war with America?

2025-04-13

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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?

2025-04-11

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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

2025-04-11

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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...

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Will Elon Musk make it to Mars by 2028?

2025-04-10

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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

2025-04-10

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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...

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Pulp friction: the trade war bites Apple

2025-04-09

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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...

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Could Trump’s tariffs cause a global recession?

2025-04-08

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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?

2025-04-08

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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

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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