Why you have an accent in a foreign language
2023-08-17
Ever wondered why it’s so hard to sound like a local when you go on holiday? Discover the pronunciation tips your teachers may have missed.
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Wall Street’s king, Jamie Dimon, on the US presidency
2023-07-12
CEO of America’s largest and most successful bank, JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon heads up a globe-spanning operation worth more than $400BN. In this film Zanny Minton Beddoes, the editor-in-chief of The Economist, probes his public-policy ideas–from US-China relations to Bidenomics–and hears his plans for the future.
00:00 – Jamie Dimon, the king of Wall St
00:50 – Jamie Dimon on Sino-US relations
06:25 – Jamie Dimon on US leadership
09:53 – The success of Bidenomics
13:04 – Jamie Dimon’s presidential ambitions
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The last, unfulfilled dream of Jamie Dimon, king of Wall Street: https://econ.st/3JWa0aq
Central banks face an excruciating trade-off:
Mutiny in Russia: why is it so significant?
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
War in Ukraine: inside Russia’s divided military elite
2023-06-23
With Ukraine’s counteroffensive under way, infighting has broken out within Russia’s military elite. How will Ukraine’s successes on the battleground deepen divisions in Moscow?
00:00 – The infighting has begun
00:31 – The reaction from Russia’s elite
01:46 – Prigozhin expresses discontent
04:11 – The infighting might intensify
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Why the boss of Wagner Group is feuding with Russia’s military leaders: https://econ.st/3Jlf4F1
Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin, the man behind the Wagner Group?: https://econ.st/42Oktex
What is the Wagner Group, Russia’s mercenary
War in Ukraine: Tracking the fighting with satellites
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
Can Ukraine’s counter-offensive succeed?
2023-06-06
As Ukraine’s long awaited counter-offensive finally begins, The Economist’s Russia and Eastern Europe editor, Arkady Ostrovsky, explores Ukrainian ambitions and strategies.
00:00 – the counter-offensive has begun
00:34 – strategic aims
01:13 – military aims
02:10 – political risks
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The counteroffensive appears to have begun: https://econ.st/3IYpgDe
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Huge explosions breach the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine: https://econ.st/3oIfTRh
Ukraine gets its F-16s: https://econ.st/3CclzpN
The horrors of the front line: https://econ.st/3OVYfnC
A Ukrainian cemetery awaits the casualties of the counteroffensive: https://econ.st/3MQa8J3
Can being thinner make women richer?
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
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Are overweight politicians less trustworthy?: https://econ.st/3qkHlVs
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