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The Weekend Intelligence: Gaza, after the dust settles (republished)
2024-10-07
*This episode was first published 20/07/24
After a year of war in Gaza, people are beginning to discuss the aftermath. Schools, hospitals, the sanitation system are in ruins. Just clearing the rubble will take years.
Focusing on the long term, many neglect what needs to happen on day one. Gazans say the territory is becoming lawless. Who will control security, and with what legitimacy? Does anyone have a coherent plan?
In this special episode of The Weekend Intelligence The Economist’s editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes considers the dangerously rosy thinking about Gaza’s future and asks what happens when the dust settles.
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Why interest rate cuts might not have the effect you think
2024-09-26
The federal reserve is cutting interest rates for the first time in four years, but they might not have the effect you think. Henry Curr, our economics editor, explains why
Why interest rate cuts may disappoint investors: https://econ.st/4dkIyif
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Election rejection: fears of a contested result
2024-09-20
Republicans are already preparing to contest the result (https://www.economist.com/briefing/2024/09/12/what-will-happen-if-americas-election-result-is-contested?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=checksandbalance&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) if Kamala Harris wins the presidency. American elections demand patience and trust, but with Donald Trump on the ballot those are in short supply. How ugly could this election get (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/09/12/americas-election-is-mired-in-conflict?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=checksandbalance&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners)? And what will happen if the result is
Foiled again: a second attempt on Trump
2024-09-16
With less than eight weeks to go to the presidential election, tension is running high after a second probable assassination attempt (https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/09/16/another-attempt-on-donald-trumps-life-will-shake-up-the-election?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners)on Donald Trump. Has political violence become routine in America? Virtual replicas (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/08/29/digital-twins-are-fast-becoming-part-of-everyday-life?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) of racing cars, plane engines, even
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