Who is Elon Musk and what drives him?

2023-09-07

Rampant inflation, a booming black market for US dollars and crippling debt – welcome to Argentina, one of the world’s most dysfunctional economies. How did it end up like this?

00:00 – Argentina’s economy is in crisis
01:21 – What is happening now?
04:16 – Why is this happening?
05:52 – Overspending
07:00 – Printing money
08:03 – Borrowing money
08:51 – Trade controls
11:06 – What are the solutions?

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Meet Javier Milei, the front-runner to be Argentina’s next president: https://econ.st/3L9zKkk

Javier Milei would be a danger for democracy in Argentina: https://econ.st/45F8Ys1

Argentina is pushing international lending to its breaking point: https://econ.st/3qKfDSN

Argentina could get its first libertarian

2023-08-31

These days higher education can feel like a risky investment. Here are The Economist’s tips on how to make your degree worth the money.

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Listen to our podcast, Money Talks counting the cost of education: https://econ.st/44oP3ME

Why affirmative action in American universities had to go: https://econ.st/3YYtEsv

The university lottery: https://econ.st/45yC50b

American universities have an incentive to seem extortionate: https://econ.st/3OTBDT6

Muddled policies are harming British universities: https://econ.st/3PfIGqv

2023-08-01

2023-06-29

As war grinds on in Ukraine, and Zelensky vies for dominance, it is possible there may only be one true winner: China’s leader Xi Jinping. But why could China come out on top? The Economist’s Beijing bureau chief explains.

00:00 – China: Ukraine’s real winner?
00:40 – China claims to be neutral
01:32 – Both sides need China’s support
02:52 – Russia’s loss would be China’s gain

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Ukraine at war: All of our coverage of the war in one place: https://econ.st/3PwevfA

Henry Kissinger explains how to avoid world war three:
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2023-06-26

The mutiny in Russian, led by Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, has exposed chaos in the military command but what does it mean for the Ukraine war, Putin and the world?

00:00 – Prigozhin mutinies
01:02 – What it means for the war
02:23 – What it means for Putin
03:18 – What it means for the world

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The meaning of Prigozhin’s short-lived mutiny: https://econ.st/3r1bl9d

Prigozhin’s strange aborted coup is a sign of Russia’s malaise: https://econ.st/3plquSi

2023-06-19

With Ukraine’s counter-offensive shrouded in secrecy and Russian-controlled territory impenetrable, can satellite data help you see into a war zone? The Economist’s Senior data journalist, Sondre Ulvund Solstad, breaks down how he uses fires to track the fighting.

00:51 – Our model explained
02:28 – Ukraine Fire Tracker

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How satellite data reveals the vast extent of fighting: https://econ.st/46dsY5G

Satellite data shows Ukraine’s forces are testing Russia’s defences: https://econ.st/3CCOSlk

Ukrainian advances on Donetsk and Zaporizhia can be seen from space: https://econ.st/3CBoE2E

2023-06-12

2023-06-02

Across the developed world, the richer people are, the thinner they tend to be—but the correlation between wealth and weight holds only for women. Why? Alice Fulwood, The Economist’s Wall Street correspondent, reveals the secret economics of thinness.

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Could new drugs spell an end to the world’s obesity epidemic?: https://econ.st/43etVsE

A new class of drugs for weight loss: https://econ.st/43tWeTW

Are overweight politicians less trustworthy?: https://econ.st/3qkHlVs