The future of money: three ways to go cashless
2023-08-10
Non-cash payments are on the rise all over the world. Our writers explain how digital technology has changed the way consumers shop in three important markets: America, China and India.
00:00 Cashless transactions are on the rise
00:18 America: account and card
02:01 India: Unified Payment Interface
04:06 China: App payments
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Read our Special Report on digital finance: https://econ.st/3NE6yCb
Leader: The fight over the future of global payments
https://econ.st/3PNAKxs
Why Asia’s super-app companies are stuck in a rut: https://econ.st/3JL7W4Q
Can the Visa-Mastercard duopoly be broken?
https://econ.st/3NHlxv7
Do Alipay and Tenpay misuse their market power?
https://econ.st/3NIE0aU
The secret weapon that sank Russia’s warship
2023-08-04
How did Ukraine’s virtually non-existent navy sink the Moskva, the most advanced Russian vessel in the Black Sea?
Unveiling how Ukraine sunk the Moskva: https://econ.st/3OI3iHZ
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For more stories from 1843: https://econ.st/3NZFsG2
Read our coverage from the war in Ukraine: https://econ.st/3YhCC3V
How did Ukraine destroy the Moskva?: https://econ.st/43UkcY9
Who is Elon Musk and what drives him?
2023-08-03
The richest man on the planet, Elon Musk, used Tesla and SpaceX to revolutionise cars and rockets. Now, this restless entrepreneur has his eyes on other global problems. But who is Elon Musk and what drives him?
00:00 – Who is Elon Musk?
00:58 – How did we get here?
01:54 – What are his successes?
04:56 – What are his failures?
07:21 – What does the future look like?
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The Musk-Zuckerberg social-media smackdown: https://econ.st/44UYhB1
Elon Musk, Twitter and an epic case of buyer’s remorse: https://econ.st/44P0Lkm
Elon Musk is taking Twitter’s “public square” private: https://econ.st/3OqLLnd
Elon Musk’s challenge to management thinking: https://econ.st/3Y7UXAs
How SpaceX set off a new race to commercialise
Fertility crisis: why IVF isn’t working
2023-07-20
More and more women are using IVF to try to get pregnant. But it is painful, expensive and often does not work. Could new, more radical technologies eventually provide an answer?
00:00 – The female biological clock
01:20 – In vitro fertilisation
04:29 – Egg freezing
09:11 – In vitro gametogenesis
13:10 – What does the future look like?
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Read the full report here: https://econ.st/3rs3Nwt
“The Retrievals”, a tale of agony and addiction, makes listeners squirm: https://econ.st/3rsBi1A
We need to break the taboo around male fertility, says Leslie Schrock: https://econ.st/3P8YwUu
The fertility business is booming: https://econ.st/3CpKaaC
The new Asian family: https://econ.st/3O7uKhL
Hormone tests for women’s
These books will make you a better cook
2023-05-22
Our food columnist explains why you need these books in your kitchen
Why are wars getting longer?
2023-04-18
The outbreak of violence in Sudan isn’t an anomaly; the world’s civil wars are growing longer and deadlier. Robert Guest, The Economist’s deputy editor, explains why.
00:00 – Civil wars are getting longer
00:58 – Complexity
02:14 – Criminality
03:12 – Climate change
04:52 – The road to peace?
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The world’s deadliest war last year wasn’t in Ukraine: https://econ.st/3MRXH0T
Why is Sudan on the brink of civil war, again?: https://econ.st/43z5EOy
Listen: “Someone in Khartoum this morning described it as ‘like Call of Duty’”—deadly fighting in Sudan: https://econ.st/41iPh7n
Why has civil war returned to Ethiopia?: https://econ.st/43EIEOe
Myanmar’s civil war has moved to its heartlands: https://econ.st/41nqlvp
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How El Niño and La Niña cause extreme weather
2023-04-13
El Niño and La Niña are opposite states of one of Earth’s most important climate processes, the El Niño Southern Oscillation, or ENSO. It can lead to devastating weather events all over the world. But how does it work, what kinds of extreme weather does it cause and how is global warming affecting it?
00:00 – What is ENSO’s neutral state?
03:15 – What is El Niño?
07:24 – What is La Niña?
10:36 – ENSO and climate change
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The weather system that influences the world: https://econ.st/40hNT4v
Climate diplomacy will continue to be a challenge in 2023: https://econ.st/3FWyONz
Why this Atlantic hurricane season is predicted to be unusually stormy: https://econ.st/3zcHLOM
A world grain shortage puts tens of millions at
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