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For whom the well tolls: Why we must price water

Water scarcity is growing even in parts of the world that used to be drought-free. Since most countries waste (https://www.economist.com/international/2024/08/26/the-poisonous-global-politics-of-water?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) vast quantities of water, charging for it would help. Our correspondent travelled to America’s northern border (https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/08/21/behind-the-surge-in-migrants-crossing-at-americas-northern-border?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) to report on illegal crossings from Canada (8:57). And the life of biological anthropologist Helen Fisher (https://www.economist.com/obituary/2024/08/29/helen-fisher-found-out-the-science-behind-romance?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), who studied the science behind love (16:41).


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