Trump’s tariffs: what happens now?

2025-02-14

Lab-grown diamonds have become increasingly popular in recent years but, with prices now falling, have they started to become too successful for their own good?

2025-02-10

The Big Mac index was invented by The Economist in the 1980s as a lighthearted guide to whether currencies are over- or under-valued. Here‘s how it works.

2025-02-08

How do you run a scam operation?

Perks, recruitment, outsourcing and a monthly landscaping budget—this is Scam Inc.

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2025-01-30

As some of Donald Trump’s most controversial choices (https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/01/29/kash-patel-is-a-crackpot?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) for top jobs are questioned this week, our correspondent analyses how supine Republicans may be in his second term. Has the luxury business passed its peak (https://www.economist.com/business/2024/12/16/why-louis-vuitton-is-struggling-but-hermes-is-not?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) (09:57)? And why scientists are finding new ways to deal with an invasive pest in

2025-01-29

Is America becoming a tech oligarchy? Our business columnist explains why Silicon Valley’s moguls don’t have as much influence over President Trump as it might seem

2025-01-23

A sophisticated, predatory, multi-billion dollar industry is emerging from the shadows. It is already more lucrative than the illicit drug trade. And it’s about to get bigger and much more powerful.

The Economist’s Sue-Lin Wong follows a trail that starts with the collapse of a bank in rural Kansas to uncover a global, underground scam economy built around human trafficking, corruption and money laundering. Can it be stopped?

Coming soon.

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2024-12-04

Are young people today stuck in their teenage years? In a book published in 2024, one author argues that they are. Is he right?

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2024-11-21

AI is driving a transformation across all fields of science, from developing drugs for incurable diseases and improving the understanding of animal communication to self-driving labs. Could this prompt a new golden age of discovery?

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00:00 – How AI is revolutionising science
02:53 – Drug discovery
04:31 – AlphaFold
05:30 – Adoption of AI in science
07:08 – Animal communication
09:26 – Scientific fraud
11:03 – Self-driving labs
14:36 – Future of AI in science

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