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2026-03-24

How will the Iran war affect inflation? The Economist’s Capital markets correspondent Josh Roberts and Co-host of The Intelligence podcast discuss how rising oil prices feed into broader inflation, the role of expectations and wage-price spirals, and the difficult choices facing central banks.

00:00 – How will the war in Iran affect the cost of living?
01:42 – What role do inflation expectations play in driving price increases?
03:03 – How do central banks respond to rising inflation, and what are the trade-offs?
04:02 – What lessons can we learn from past economic shocks like the 1970s and COVID?
05:33 – What challenges are central banks facing right now?
07:02 – Can talking about inflation actually make it worse?

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2026-02-21

Donald Trump is reviving a fight that began with Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson: how much power does the constitution grant the executive? Two and a half centuries later, the argument has still not really been settled.

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2026-02-11

Why are luxury firms so afraid of frankenwatches? Vintage timepieces have exploded in popularity in recent years but authenticating them can be tricky. The Economist examines why altered “frankenwatches” are causing major headaches for the world’s top watch experts.

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2025-12-30

Singlehood is rising across the world. By The Economist’s estimates, there are at least 100m more single people today than if coupling rates had stayed the same as they were in 2017. What’s driving this relationship recession?

2025-12-23

Can online reviews actually be trusted? Rosie Blau, co-host of The Intelligence podcast and Andrew Palmer, host of the Boss Class podcast, discuss how consumers can navigate the subjective world of customer ratings.

00:00 – What was the last online review you used?
00:45 – Can you trust an online review?
01:44 – Have researchers looked at how reliable online reviews are?
02:47 – What types of reviews can we rely on?
04:23 – Are there particular platforms that are more reliable than others

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2025-12-19

Cryptocurrencies have gone mainstream this year, with more people than ever owning digital assets. The Trump administration created the first legal framework for stablecoins; a move widely welcomed by the industry. However, concerns about money laundering, the evasion of sanctions and what this all means for monetary policy persist. Our top economics and finance editors dissect what’s been happening.

00:00 – How crypto went mainstream
00:40 – What’s happened to the price of crypto
03:04 – Donald Trump has embraced crypto
05:37 – How crypto was accepted institutionally
07:13 – What are the benefits of crypto?

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2025-11-07

What makes the National Rally’s Jordan Bardella so popular in France? Our editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, Paris bureau chief Sophie Pedder and a panel of our experts discuss why the populist right are leading the polls in Europe’s biggest economies.

2025-10-29

How could Russia win off the battlefield? The EU’s top diplomat and our geopolitics editor, David Rennie, discuss how Putin could achieve his objectives if Ukraine becomes a failed democracy. Kaja Kallas says democracy in Ukraine is not perfect, and it would need further reform to become a member of the European Union.