Klarna’s CEO on how AI will affect jobs

2025-07-04

President Donald Trump called it a “Big Beautiful Bill”. It’s big, but definitely not beautiful. The three co-hosts of The Economist’s Checks and Balance podcast—Charlotte Howard, our New York bureau chief, Idrees Kahloon, our Washington bureau chief, and John Prideaux, our US editor—discuss the effects Trump’s budget bill will have on America’s lawmaking and on his voter base.

00.00 – Has the “Big Beautiful Bill" killed traditional legislating?
03.37 – How do Trump voters feel about the economic impact of the big beautiful bill?
05.37 – How will the bill change the deployment of renewable energy?
06:58 – How has Trump remade the Republican party?
09:30 – Trump’s economic populism is hollow

Listen to the full episode: https://econ.st/4lwhxh3
Trumponomics 2.0 will erode the

2025-06-26

Is China becoming a cultural phenomenon? From Labubu dolls to high-tech exports China is making waves abroad. Our producer Jiehao Chen and China correspondent Gabriel Crossley speak on the Drum Tower podcast to discuss China’s pursuit of soft power.

00:00 – China’s softening image
01:07 – What does China’s Communist Party stand to gain?
02:23 – IShowSpeed’s livestream in China
04:08 – So is China cool?

Listen to the rest of the episode: https://econ.st/4epPhtJ
It’s not just Labubu dolls, Chinese brands are booming: https://econ.st/4k9wtzS
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2025-06-17

Israel has hit some of Iran’s most important nuclear sites but doing lasting damage to Iran’s nuclear ability is extremely difficult, as our defence editor, Shashank Joshi, explains