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2025-11-15

What will the next year hold for the global economy? In the week we publish our new edition of The World Ahead, our future-gazing guide to the coming year, our top editors consider what an AI stockmarket correction could mean for the global economy and the US consumer.

00:00 – How markets could topple the economy
00:46 – Exposure of the US consumer to the stockmarket
02:06 – How AI compares to previous technological bubbles
03:09 – How the Trump administration could react
05:06 – Impact on the rest of the world
06:39 – Is AI really taking people’s jobs?

Watch the full show: https://www.economist.com/insider/the-insider/the-world-ahead-how-2026-will-shape-the-next-decade

What to expect from 2026: https://www.economist.com/topics/the-world-ahead-2026

An optimistic guide to the coming

2025-11-04

Debt is piling up across advanced economies. The covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have added to the already significant financial pressures from ageing societies and climate change. Our panel of experts unpick the fiscal mess, explain what’s on the line and suggest the most prudent ways forward.

#economy #economics #debt #finance #inflation #covid19 #tax #france #UK #usa #us #unitedstates #europe

00:00 – Why is public debt so high?
01:33 – The problem with forecasting
02:40 – The danger of large deficits
03:16 – Can countries tax and spend their way out?

Watch the full show: https://econ.st/3WDxZkB

The rich world faces a painful bout of inflation: https://econ.st/3WDZA5k

Across the rich world, fiscal crises loom: https://econ.st/4nC6keK

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2025-10-31

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialist mayoral candidate, is shaking up New York politics.

Charlotte Howard, our New York bureau chief, and John Prideaux, our US editor, join the latest Insider episode to discuss why Mamdani is so popular.

2025-09-12

When MI6’s new chief takes over on October 1st, she’ll face a world where technology has irrevocably changed the nature of modern espionage. Rosie Blau, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, and Shashank Joshi, our defence editor, discuss what the future holds for Britain’s foreign intelligence agency.

00:00 – How would you characterise the challenges MI6 faces?
01:43 – Who is the incoming chief?
03:18 – How will she address the challenges that she’s facing?
05:06 – What are the tasks that MI6 faces?
07:17 – How does technology shape British intelligence?

Listen to the full episode:http://econ.st/3I1x4qx
The choices facing Britain’s next MI6 chief: http://econ.st/46c7dUO
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2025-09-09

For the fourth time in under two years, President Macron is looking for a new prime minister. Our Paris bureau chief, Sophie Pedder, explains the paralysis at the heart of France’s government.

2025-09-03

Brazil’s former hard-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, is on trial for allegedly attempting a coup to remain in power. He denies all charges. Could this be a test case for how countries recover from a populist fever?

2025-07-18

Joshua Roberts, our capital markets correspondent, gives three reasons why yields are so high and explains how it’s affecting government borrowing across the rich world.

2025-07-09

What does an arson attack on a warehouse in London have to do with the Russian Wagner Group? Of the five men convicted for the blaze none were Russian citizens. This is part of Vladimir Putin’s plan to cause trouble in the West.