How would Jordan Bardella run France?
2025-11-18
Jordan Bardella, the leader of France’s populist-right party, the National Rally, could be the country’s next president. What does his vision for France mean for the EU?
Why are cigarette companies’ profits soaring? | The Intelligence podcast
2025-11-16
People are smoking less so why are cigarette companies’ profits soaring? Jason Palmer, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, and Callum Williams, our senior economics writer, discuss why the tobacco industry is thriving despite the number of American adult smokers falling by around 20m people in the past decade.
Listen to the full episode: https://econ.st/3LABV3i
Could markets topple the global economy?
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
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