The secret weapon that sank Russia’s warship

2023-07-12

CEO of America’s largest and most successful bank, JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon heads up a globe-spanning operation worth more than $400BN. In this film Zanny Minton Beddoes, the editor-in-chief of The Economist, probes his public-policy ideas–from US-China relations to Bidenomics–and hears his plans for the future.

00:00 – Jamie Dimon, the king of Wall St
00:50 – Jamie Dimon on Sino-US relations
06:25 – Jamie Dimon on US leadership
09:53 – The success of Bidenomics
13:04 – Jamie Dimon’s presidential ambitions

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Watch the full interview here: https://econ.st/44nrk02

The last, unfulfilled dream of Jamie Dimon, king of Wall Street: https://econ.st/3JWa0aq

Central banks face an excruciating trade-off:

2023-06-23

With Ukraine’s counteroffensive under way, infighting has broken out within Russia’s military elite. How will Ukraine’s successes on the battleground deepen divisions in Moscow?

00:00 – The infighting has begun
00:31 – The reaction from Russia’s elite
01:46 – Prigozhin expresses discontent
04:11 – The infighting might intensify

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More on Russian infighting: https://econ.st/3PpV8om

Why the boss of Wagner Group is feuding with Russia’s military leaders: https://econ.st/3Jlf4F1

Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin, the man behind the Wagner Group?: https://econ.st/42Oktex

What is the Wagner Group, Russia’s mercenary

2023-06-06

As Ukraine’s long awaited counter-offensive finally begins, The Economist’s Russia and Eastern Europe editor, Arkady Ostrovsky, explores Ukrainian ambitions and strategies.

00:00 – the counter-offensive has begun
00:34 – strategic aims
01:13 – military aims
02:10 – political risks

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The counteroffensive appears to have begun: https://econ.st/3IYpgDe

For our latest Ukraine coverage: https://econ.st/3OXHjNJ

Huge explosions breach the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine: https://econ.st/3oIfTRh

Ukraine gets its F-16s: https://econ.st/3CclzpN

The horrors of the front line: https://econ.st/3OVYfnC

A Ukrainian cemetery awaits the casualties of the counteroffensive: https://econ.st/3MQa8J3

2023-06-02

Across the developed world, the richer people are, the thinner they tend to be—but the correlation between wealth and weight holds only for women. Why? Alice Fulwood, The Economist’s Wall Street correspondent, reveals the secret economics of thinness.

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Could new drugs spell an end to the world’s obesity epidemic?: https://econ.st/43etVsE

A new class of drugs for weight loss: https://econ.st/43tWeTW

Are overweight politicians less trustworthy?: https://econ.st/3qkHlVs

2023-05-18

The financial revolution once promised by cryptocurrencies has been knocked off course by regulators and allegations of fraud. So what does the future hold for crypto?

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00:00 – The crypto party is over
01:06 – The history
03:30 – What is crypto?
04:38 – Uses around the world
06:07 – Layer 2 solutions
07:12 – Web3
08:51 – Data and privacy
10:04 – What is the future of crypto?

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Read the special report here: https://econ.st/44XT0JN

Silvergate is the latest victim of the crypto meltdown: https://econ.st/3ARpqb4

The hunt for FTX’s missing riches: https://econ.st/3ARpA2a

1843: After FTX: the five stages of crypto grief:

2023-05-05

Hurricanes are among the most dangerous natural phenomena on earth, causing billions of dollars of damage and destroying lives every year. But what turns a peaceful patch of ocean into the planet’s most destructive force, and how is this process being affected by climate change?

00:00 – What are tropical cyclones?
00:46 – The history of tropical cyclones
02:06 – How do they form?
04:33 – What happens when they reach land?
07:13 – What is the impact of climate change?

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Is climate change making hurricanes worse? https://econ.st/40MQW3O

Damage from climate change will be widespread and sometimes surprising: https://econ.st/3LD55fS

Florida’s government subsidises people living in hurricane zones:

2023-04-06

Twenty five years ago the Good Friday Agreement brought peace to Northern Ireland. But while the treaty has saved thousands of lives, it has also resulted in a brittle and unstable government. Could this jeopardise the future of peace?

00:00 – The Good Friday Agreement then and now
02:49 – Northern Ireland’s history
03:56 – What did the Good Friday Agreement change?
05:41 – The impact of Brexit
07:07 – The legacy of violence
09:16 – Modern day sectarianism
12:16 – The trouble with power-sharing government

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Thanks to the Belfast Agreement, Northern Ireland is a better place: https://econ.st/435sqgJ

Northern Ireland’s arts have blossomed. But divisions endure: https://econ.st/3KBrWIb

The new Brexit deal is the best