Why hasn’t Keir Starmer made bigger reforms?
2025-12-04
The Economist’s editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, pushes Keir Starmer on why he hasn’t made bigger reforms, given the pressure Britain’s Labour party is under from the populist right-wing.
What’s happening to American passports? | The Intelligence podcast
2025-10-29
How powerful is your passport? Michelle Hennessy, our graphic detail editor, and Rosie Blau, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, discuss how global passport rankings are shifting and why America’s passport power is fading.
00:00 What passport do you have?
00:27 Which passport is more powerful — British or Irish?
00:50 What is passport power?
01:20 Why does passport power matter when you travel?
01:46 How are passports ranked?
02:04 Which country has the most powerful passport?
02:39 Why has the US passport dropped in power?
03:28 Which countries are moving up or down the rankings?
04:21 Why are more Americans getting second passports?
05:31 What does passport power say about opportunity?
Listen to the full episode: https://econ.st/43wO5Ak
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Americans cough up more than anyone else for their drugs. Medicine prices in the United States are more than three times the rich-world average.
Donald Trump wants to fix that, by forcing companies to match the lowest prices in other wealthy countries. But could his cure be worse than the disease?
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