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2023-08-24
Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, is one of the richest and most powerful men in the world. His position seems unassailable, so why does he run his business empire as though it’s under constant threat?
00:00 – Who is Mark Zuckerberg?
00:58 – How did we get here?
01:31 – What are his successes?
03:15 – What are his failures?
04:50 – What does the future look like?
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Meta’s Threads app has better odds of usurping Twitter than previous clones had:
https://econ.st/45rKy4U
The Musk-Zuckerberg social-media smackdown: https://econ.st/44UYhB1
Where have all the laid-off tech workers gone?:
https://econ.st/3OXEdsn
Big tech and the pursuit of AI dominance:
https://econ.st/45vVwGx
How digital gaming spreads far and wide:

2023-07-28
In 2022 news broke that $2.5bn had been stolen in Iraq, the biggest bank heist ever. Nicolas Pelham, The Economist’s Middle East correspondent, follows the money
01:41 – The investigation begins
02:28 – Where did the money come from?
03:55- Who was Nur Zuheir?
04:29 – Following the trail in Baghdad
08:11- Corruption in Iraq
13:21 – The government changes course
15:46 – Who is complicit, really?
16:50 – What happened to the money?
Artwork based on illustrations by Mike McQuaid
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The Baghdad job: who was behind history’s biggest bank heist? https://econ.st/44KnMoM
After 20 years of trauma, Iraq is struggling to recover:

2023-07-27
After months of protest over reforms to the judicial system, many Israelis fear democracy is under threat. As the crisis grows, we explore what exactly Binyamin Netanyahu’s government is trying to achieve, and who is actually in charge of the chaos-stricken country.
00:00 – what does the Israeli right want?
00:59 – why the latest bill threatens democracy in Israel
02:00 – who is really in charge?
02:35 – the long term goals of the Israeli right
Why the latest bill threatens the state of Israel’s democracy: https://econ.st/44KCr3q
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For more stories on the Middle East & Africa: https://econ.st/3QhDSlt
Israel’s 75th anniversary: https://econ.st/3Qw4krV
More on Israel’s constitutional crisis: https://econ.st/3KeHwbY

2023-07-21
President Nayib Bukele’s brutal crackdown on crime has dramatically reduced the murder rate and won him favour with the public, but what’s the true cost of his war on gangs? The Economist’s deputy editor, Robert Guest, reports from El Salvador on how Bukele is using the fight against crime to amass power.
00:00 – Inside president Bukele’s crackdown
02:25 – How the public and the prisoners’ families have reacted
03:55 – El Salvador’s security minister on fair trials
05:13 – How Bukele is amassing power
Nayib Bukele shows how to dismantle a democracy and remain popular: https://econ.st/470cYVo
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For more stories from the Americas: https://econ.st/3NZFsG2
Young Latin Americans are unusually open to autocrats:

2023-06-16
India has the largest diaspora in the world. But that isn’t the only reason why Indian migrants are so influential—in business, science and diplomacy.
00:00 – Why India’s diaspora matters
00:28 – Size
01:20 – Power
02:11 – Diplomacy
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India’s diaspora is bigger and more influential than any in history: https://econ.st/3J6sp3V
Indian firms are flocking to the United Arab Emirates: https://econ.st/3CrkZV2
India’s future will be shaped by its expats, says Gaurav Dalmia: https://econ.st/3X2qvqG

2023-06-07
How well, or badly, is Ukraine’s counter-offensive going? The country’s generals don’t want you to know

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
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