Category Archive: 5.) The Economist
What is net zero? | The Economist
More than 50 countries around the world have pledged to become net zero. But what does net zero actually mean—and is it achievable?
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Why do climate pledges fall short?: https://econ.st/3eVCYaI
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Henry Kissinger: how Biden should handle China | The Economist
Henry Kissinger is a titan of US politics and one of the best-known veterans of foreign policy. He spoke to “The Economist Asks” podcast in April 2021 about current threats to the world order—and, in particular, rising tensions between America and China. Read more here: https://econ.st/3iq1OAM
Chapters
00:00 - Henry Kissinger: introduction
01:14 - Have US–China tensions risen?
02:28 - Can China and the US agree?
03:11 - What steps can Biden take?...
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Far right online: the rise of “extreme” gamers | The Economist
In America, the intelligence services deem far-right extremism a greater domestic threat than Islamist terrorism. The pandemic has exacerbated the spread of white supremacism and neo-Nazism.
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Find The Economist’s most recent coverage of what’s happening in the United States: https://econ.st/3thOHVJ
Read more about far-right extremism:...
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Covid-19: why your life will never be the same again | The Economist
Across much of the world, covid-19 restrictions are starting to ease. The Economist has crunched the data to calculate how close countries are to pre-pandemic levels of normality—but will life ever be the same again? Read more here: https://econ.st/3AG9siz
Search the interactive normality tracker: https://econ.st/3hDGHum
How life is halfway back to pre-covid norms?: https://econ.st/3dQSy70
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Mass extinction: what can stop it? | The Economist
The world’s animals and wildlife are becoming extinct at a greater rate than at any time in human history. Could technology help to save threatened species?
Read our latest technology quarterly on protecting biodiversity: https://econ.st/3dqdkKN
Listen to our Babbage podcast episode on the biodiversity crisis: https://econ.st/3dqfPww
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China’s economy: what’s its weak spot? | The Economist
The number of working-age people in China is shrinking. Could this threaten the country’s rise as an economic superpower? Read more here: https://econ.st/3dgzqz0
Find all of our coverage about China here: https://econ.st/3qpd7wz
Read our special report about Chinese youth: https://econ.st/2TXmwzd
Is China’s population shrinking? https://econ.st/3vTXxu2
Listen to an episode of “The Intelligence” podcast about China’s census:...
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Did covid-19 leak from a Chinese lab? | The Economist
For most of 2020 the theory that covid-19 leaked from a Chinese lab was dismissed as unlikely. In the past few months it has gained currency. Our experts explain why. Read more here: https://econ.st/3gzOVnV
00:00 - Where did covid-19 come from?
00:44 - What evidence is there?
02:06 - Why was the lab-leak theory dismissed?
03:23 - Could the lab leak have been deliberate?
04:07 - Could covid-19 be man made?
05:51 - How are the origins being...
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Crypto: will the bitcoin dream succeed? | The Economist
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies set out to upend the financial order and replace conventional money. Bitcoin has certainly disrupted the global financial system, but can it ever live up to the hype?
Read our latest report on cryptocurrency: https://econ.st/3wnYfRr
Find The Economist’s latest finance and economics coverage: https://econ.st/3pCKsnp
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Can Brazil Survive Bolsonaro? | The Economist
Since coming to power President Jair Bolsonaro has shaken democracy, accelerated deforestation in the Amazon and played down the danger of the coronavirus pandemic, with calamitous results. Could Brazil survive another four years of his leadership?
Read the special report here: https://econ.st/3fPue6S
Find all of our coverage of the Americas: https://econ.st/3g4gLXZ
Read all of coronavirus coverage here: https://econ.st/3vMo6BU
How Jair...
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Why hunting animals could be good for conservation | The Economist
Trophy hunting sparks outrage around the world. But the highly controversial sport can actually help to protect some of Africa's most endangered big animals. Here's how.
Find The Economist’s latest coverage of Africa: https://econ.st/3bTxaNw
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Read more about airlines banning trophy hunting: https://econ.st/3bVs6by
Does conservation...
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How covid-19 exposes systemic racism in America | The Economist
Black people in America are twice as likely to die from covid-19 as white people. This highlights the country’s ongoing struggle with structural racism, as our experts explain
Sign up to our weekly American politics newsletter “Checks and Balance,” to keep up to date: https://econ.st/3vlemOX
Read our special report on race in America: https://econ.st/2QOtjKs
George Floyd’s legacy, a year since his murder: https://econ.st/3oKjx8A
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How to deal with big tech | The Economist
Senator Amy Klobuchar is leading a crusade against big-tech giants such as Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook and Google. These companies dominate the S&P 500 and wield a huge amount of influence. Should they be broken up? Read more here: https://econ.st/3bK8w1U
00:00 - Problems with big tech
01:07 - The effect of business monopolies
02:28 - How to rein in big tech firms
04:45 - Could regulation harm consumers?
06:45 - Epic Games v Apple...
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Fortnite to far right: the rise of digital extremism | The Economist
In America, far-right extremism is now considered a greater domestic threat than Islamist terrorism. The pandemic has exacerbated the spread of white supremacism and neo-nazism, which are a plague to global security.
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Covid-19: how many people have died? | The Economist
Officially, covid-19 has killed 3m people around the world. But statistical modelling from The Economist suggests the number could be as much as four times higher.
Chapters
00:00 - How accurate is the official death toll?
01:25 - How to calculate the real death toll
02:10 - How to calculate India’s death toll?
03:25 - Where has the death toll been underreported?
04:14 - Where are excess deaths lower than expected?
05:06 - India’s second wave...
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Is Myanmar a failed state? | The Economist
Myanmar is on the brink of collapse. Its armed forces are continuing a brutal crackdown—arresting, torturing and killing protesters—as Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s de-facto leader, is detained. Our experts answer your questions.
Chapters
00:00 - What will happen to Aung San Suu Kyi?
02:15 - What are India and China doing?
03:37 - Should the West intervene?
05:25 - What’s happening to the Rohingya refugees?
07:16 - How will Myanmar’s neighbours be...
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Could digital currencies put banks out of business? | The Economist
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have been billed as a major disruptor to finance. But digital currencies issued by governments might be even more radical—they may even threaten the future of traditional banking.
Read our special report, “The Future of Banking” : https://econ.st/3tuTT8y
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Read more of our coverage on Finance & Economics: https://econ.st/3b0g3cs
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Is Taiwan part of China? | The Economist
Taiwan’s sovereignty has been a disputed issue for centuries. Though the island sees itself as independent, China insists it is part of the People’s Republic and has not ruled out taking Taiwan by force. That could ignite an all-out war between American and China.
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Read all of our Asia coverage: https://econ.st/2QDDDEJ
Listen to Intelligence’s daily podcast “Scared strait:...
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Alexei Navalny: will the West stand up to Russia? | The Economist
Alexei Navalny’s hunger strike has prompted widespread international support. Vladimir Putin has warned that any country meddling in Russia’s affairs will “regret their actions”. How should the West respond to a tyrant like Putin?
Chapters
00:00 - What’s happening in Russia?
00:54 - What does Navalny represent for Russia?
01:36 - How should America respond?
03:08 - Do sanctions work?
05:30 - Why were troops sent to the Ukranian border?
07:20 -...
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Scottish independence: could Britain break up? | The Economist
The union between the nations of the United Kingdom is looking increasingly fragile, thanks to Brexit. If Scotland were to break away from Britain it would face an uncertain future—as would the rest of the union.
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See all of our Britain coverage: https://econ.st/3e1cN15
How the pandemic has strengthened calls for Scottish independence: https://econ.st/3tqDZwL
Scottish...
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The Trial of the Chicago 7: fact v drama | The Economist
“The Trial of the Chicago 7” has been nominated for six Oscars. Aaron Sorkin, the film’s screenwriter and director, speaks to The Economist about the tension between historical accuracy and compelling drama.
00:00 - The Trial of the Chicago 7
00:51 - Why is the story still so relevant?
01:34 - How to adapt real events into drama
02:40 - Why the film deviates from historical fact
04:41 - Historical accuracy v artistic truth
05:41 - Altering events...
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