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How Chinese money is funding Mexican drug cartels

2025-11-29

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What connects a drug cartel in Mexico with a flat purchase in New York? The Economist explores how Chinese underground banking networks launder billions of illicit dollars every year, often on American soil.

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Why Britain’s budget is a failure

2025-11-27

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Is Britain's budget a failure? Tom Carter, our Britain economics correspondent, and Jason Palmer, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, discuss why this is a missed opportunity for the Labour Party and why the government's new policies are anti-growth. #theeconomist #budget2025 #labour

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Why Britain’s budget is a failure

2025-11-27

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Is Britain's budget a failure? Tom Carter, our Britain economics correspondent, and Jason Palmer, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, discuss why this is a missed opportunity for the Labour Party and why the government's new policies are anti-growth. 00:45 - What is the economic backdrop to the budget? 01:31 - Was the government's economic windfall put to strategic use? 02:38 - Did the budget cause "violent market reactions"? 03:23 -...

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John Bolton: “Trump is on a downhill slope”

2025-11-27

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The Republican Party has a near-universal devotion to Donald Trump. But according to John Bolton, the president’s former national security adviser, Mr Trump’s grip on the party is starting to weaken.

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Has the world reached “peak Trump”?

2025-11-26

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There is no love lost between Donald Trump and John Bolton, his former national security adviser. Mr Bolton made a dramatic exit from the first Trump administration after months of tension. Since then he has been a fierce critic of the president’s character and competence. He has also been indicted for transmitting and storing classified information—which he denies. Mr Bolton joins David Rennie, our geopolitics editor, to dissect Mr Trump’s...

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John Bolton: Trump would sell out Taiwan for a deal

2025-11-26

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“They should be scared.” John Bolton, the US President’s former national security adviser, says Donald Trump would sell out Taiwan for a trade deal with China.

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Donald Trump is creating his own police force

2025-11-26

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Donald Trump is trying to create his own police force. The federal crackdown in Chicago was officially to arrest and deport dangerous foreign criminals. In practice it looks like a blueprint for a new force answerable to the president as Aryn Braun, our West Coast correspondent, explains.

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Taxes on home-buying are foolish

2025-11-25

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Stamp duty and property-transaction taxes are warping housing markets everywhere. Scrapping them would increase the buying and selling of homes and stimulate the economy, as our economics editor, Henry Curr, explains.

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Why governments should stop raising the minimum wage

2025-11-25

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Is raising the minimum wage a good thing? Callum Williams, our Senior economics writer, and Rosie Blau, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, discuss whether raising wage floors or the welfare state is better at reducing poverty. 00:00 – Why are people talking about the minimum wage right now? 00:20– Isn’t raising the minimum wage a good thing? 01:54 – What does the research on minimum wage suggest? 02:57 – Is raising the minimum wage the best way...

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Are baby girls now more popular than boys?

2025-11-24

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For most of history parents have wanted sons, but in recent years mums and dads in the rich world have shown an emerging preference for girls. Why is this, and what happens if they start to use technology to act on this? Video supported by @mishcondereya 00:00 - Are baby boys going out of fashion? 00:26 - Why are more boys born than girls? 01:03 - How many “missing” girls are there? 02:17 - Why do parents want baby girls? 02:58 - Are people...

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Should parents be able to choose the sex of their baby?

2025-11-24

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Should parents be able to choose the sex of their baby? Advances in sex-selective IVF are making this an option in some parts of the world.

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Why birth rates are dropping everywhere

2025-11-23

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The world’s population is heading for collapse—but how worried should we be? Our top economics editors explain why women around the globe are having fewer babies.

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Why pig organ transplants are closer than ever

2025-11-22

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Will transplanting animal organs into humans become normal? Emilie Steinmark, our Science correspondent and Alok Jha, host of Babbage podcast, discuss the logic behind transplanting genetically-modified pig organs into humans and if this might help resolve the global organ-donor shortage. 00:00 - Why is xenotransplantation interesting again in 2025? 00:12 – Why do scientists use pigs for organ transplants? 01:05 – What risks come from using organs...

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How strong is Iran’s regime?

2025-11-21

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Nicolas Pelham, our Middle East correspondent, and Adam Roberts, our digital editor, are just back from a rare reporting trip to Tehran. They join our top editors in the studio to discuss the future of the Islamic Republic. After 46 years of theocracy and a brief but bruising 12-day-war, where does power now lie? And with the prospects of a succession crisis, has Iran been permanently weakened—or is it storing up trouble? 00:00 - Has Iran’s...

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Is Iran’s regime moving away from theocracy?

2025-11-21

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Nicolas Pelham, our Middle East correspondent, and Adam Roberts, our digital editor, are just back from a rare reporting trip to Tehran. They join our top editors to discuss the future of the Islamic Republic. After 46 years of theocracy and a brief but bruising 12-day-war, where does power now lie? And with the prospects of a succession crisis, has Iran been permanently weakened—or is it storing up trouble?

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Iran’s foreign minister: we are ready for a nuclear deal

2025-11-20

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“We are ready to go for a deal, but for a fair and balanced deal, not a one-sided deal” Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, tells our journalists. Nicolas Pelham, our Middle East correspondent, and Adam Roberts, our digital editor, have been on a rare reporting trip to Tehran. On today's Insider episode they join our top editors to discuss what they learnt from the interview with the foreign minister and what the future holds for the Islamic...

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Why Gaza won’t be rebuilt anytime soon

2025-11-20

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Can Gaza be rebuilt? Gregg Carlstrom, our Middle East Correspondent and Rosie Blau, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, discuss the scale of the destruction in Gaza and why every major plan to rebuild Gaza has stalled. 00:00 – What rebuilding proposals are on the table? 00:59 – How bad is the destruction in Gaza? 02:25 – Could that Egyptian plan work? 06:01 – Can the Israeli–American plan work? 08:16 – What happens in the interim? Listen to the...

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Can recessions be beneficial?

2025-11-20

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Recessions are painful. But long periods without them also carries risks. Our senior economics writer, Callum Williams, explains why an occasional downturn can be healthy.

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Why the world’s population is heading for collapse

2025-11-19

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The UN has predicted that the global population will peak in 2084. Our top economics editors explain why we could reach that milestone sooner than expected. Plus, what people often get wrong about why birth rates are falling. Watch the full show to learn about the economic impact of falling fertility rates—and whether that spells catastrophe. 00:00 - Where fertility rates have fallen 01:28 - When will the world’s population peak? 05:16 - Why...

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How would Jordan Bardella run France?

2025-11-18

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Jordan Bardella, the leader of France's populist-right party, the National Rally, could be the country's next president. What does his vision for France mean for the EU?

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