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2025-11-15

What will the next year hold for the global economy? In the week we publish our new edition of The World Ahead, our future-gazing guide to the coming year, our top editors consider what an AI stockmarket correction could mean for the global economy and the US consumer.

00:00 – How markets could topple the economy
00:46 – Exposure of the US consumer to the stockmarket
02:06 – How AI compares to previous technological bubbles
03:09 – How the Trump administration could react
05:06 – Impact on the rest of the world
06:39 – Is AI really taking people’s jobs?

Watch the full show: https://www.economist.com/insider/the-insider/the-world-ahead-how-2026-will-shape-the-next-decade

What to expect from 2026: https://www.economist.com/topics/the-world-ahead-2026

An optimistic guide to the coming

2025-11-04

Debt is piling up across advanced economies. The covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have added to the already significant financial pressures from ageing societies and climate change. Our panel of experts unpick the fiscal mess, explain what’s on the line and suggest the most prudent ways forward.

#economy #economics #debt #finance #inflation #covid19 #tax #france #UK #usa #us #unitedstates #europe

00:00 – Why is public debt so high?
01:33 – The problem with forecasting
02:40 – The danger of large deficits
03:16 – Can countries tax and spend their way out?

Watch the full show: https://econ.st/3WDxZkB

The rich world faces a painful bout of inflation: https://econ.st/3WDZA5k

Across the rich world, fiscal crises loom: https://econ.st/4nC6keK

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2025-10-31

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialist mayoral candidate, is shaking up New York politics.

Charlotte Howard, our New York bureau chief, and John Prideaux, our US editor, join the latest Insider episode to discuss why Mamdani is so popular.

2025-10-24

Will Sanae Takaichi push Japan further to the right? Noah Sneider, our East Asia bureau chief, and Rosie Blau, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, explore Japan’s first female prime minister’s path to power and what her leadership means for the country’s future.

00:00 – Who is Takaichi Sanae?
01:10 – How did she rise to power?
02:05 – What do we know about her background?
03:40 – What drives her political ideology?
04:20 – Is she a populist?
05:10 – What are her economic plans?
06:00 – Where does she stand on social issues?
06:50 – What does her foreign policy look like?
08:00 – Will she bring stability to Japanese politics?

Listen to the full episode: https://econ.st/4oFhII2
China’s disappearing bosses: https://econ.st/47uNWjf
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2025-09-08

Across the Pacific, America is preparing for a possible war with China. Our diplomatic editor, Anton La Guardia, travelled to Tinian to explore why islands like it could play a decisive role.

2025-09-01

China’s President Xi Jinping is playing host to over 20 world leaders, welcoming autocrats such as Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un. A more surprising addition to the guest list is India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Our foreign editor explains how Donald Trump’s chaotic trade war is pushing America’s friends towards China.

#donaldtrump #putin #xijinping #modi #china #india

2025-07-10

Playing tennis? Or cricket? You’ll need a lawn for that. For centuries the lawn has been synonymous with British culture. But, as our culture correspondent explains, it seems Britons are giving up on their lawns.

2025-07-03

America has deployed its NMESIS ship-killing missile system to islands near Taiwan for the first time. Hosted on the Philippines’ northern island of Basco, NMESIS is small, easy to move and hard to find. America hopes its deployment will help deter a Chinese invasion of Taiwan