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03.27.2023

A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, we explore the world according to XI. Also, we look at the excruciating trade-off central bankers face (09:56) and why editing Roald Dahl ...

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03.27.2023 Editor’s Picks: March 27th 2023 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, we explore the world according to XI. Also, we look at the excruciating trade-off central bankers face (09:56) and why editing Roald Dahl ...
03.20.2023 Editor’s Picks: March 20th 2023 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, what’s wrong with the banks? Also, we ask whether Bibi will break Israel (10:39) and why men should get a good night’s sleep ...
03.13.2023 Editor’s Picks: March 13th 2023 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, how to avoid war over Taiwan, the mystery of 250,000 dead Britons (9:50) and the small consolations of office irritations (18:20). Please subscribe ...
03.06.2023 Editor’s Picks: March 6th 2023 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, how to cure obesity, Ron DeSantis’s foreign policy doctrine (10:53) and why hype can help and hinder entrepreneurs (17:00). Please subscribe to The ...
02.27.2023 Editor’s Picks: February 27th 2023 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, how to win the war in Ukraine, Joe Biden’s sensible new border policies (11:15) and Nigeria’s scorpion trade (15:30). Please subscribe to The ...
02.20.2023 Editor’s Picks: February 20th 2023 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, why inflation will be hard to bring down, Peter Obi’s plans to transform Nigeria (9:55) and a promising step towards a male contraceptive ...
02.13.2023 Editor’s Picks: February 13th 2023 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, how chatbots will influence the lucrative business of internet search, the parable of Adani (11:25) and why France is arguing about work, and ...
02.06.2023 Editor’s Picks: February 6th 2023 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, President Joe Biden’s plan to remake America’s economy, Ukraine’s troops in the east are quietly confident (11:20) and the race of the AI ...
01.30.2023 Editor’s Picks: January 30th 2023 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the humbling of Goldman Sachs, a crisis of confidence in Egypt (9:20) and how to conduct a sex survey in Britain (19:05). Please ...
01.23.2023 Editor’s Picks: January 23rd 2023 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, Disney’s second century, Turkey’s looming dictatorship (10:25) and how young people spend their money (17:35). Please subscribe to The Economist for full access ...
01.16.2023 Editor’s Picks: January 16th 2023 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the destructive new logic that threatens globalisation, how Brazil should deal with the bolsonarista insurrection (11:55) and our review of Prince Harry’s autobiography ...
01.09.2023 Editor’s Picks: January 9th 2023 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, how China’s reopening will disrupt the world economy, a realistic path to a better relationship between Britain and the EU (8:54) and reinventing ...
12.26.2022 Editor’s Picks: December 26th 2022 A taste of the special Christmas double issue of The Economist. This week, the economics of thinness, heat and the haj (22:28) and the decline of the city grid (30:58) Please subscribe to The Economist for full access to print, ...
12.18.2022 Editor’s Picks: December 18th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, a looming Russian offensive, why the rich world’s politicians are giving up on growth (10:00) and can the French nuclear industry avoid meltdown? ...
12.11.2022 Editor’s Picks: December 11th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, Xi Jinping’s zero-covid policy, why trustbusters should let Microsoft buy Activision Blizzard (11:44) and why emigration is in the air for Britons (16:38). ...
12.04.2022 Editor’s Picks: December 4th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, Xi Jinping’s zero-covid policy, why trustbusters should let Microsoft buy Activision Blizzard (11:44) and why emigration is in the air for Britons (16:38). ...
11.27.2022 Editor’s Picks: November 27th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, Europe’s crisis of energy and geopolitics, how crypto goes to zero (10:19) and the consequences of America’s success against organised crime (16:32) Please ...
11.20.2022 Editor’s Picks: November 20th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, is this the end of crypto? Also, why Indonesia matters (11:00) and Glenn Youngkin’s unique approach to Trumpism (19:40) Please subscribe to The ...
11.13.2022 Editor’s Picks: November 13th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the Trump effect, (10:30) imagining peace in Ukraine and (18:00) should fans watch the World Cup in Qatar? Please subscribe to The Economist ...
11.06.2022 Editor’s Picks: November 6th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, climate policy is off target, (10:40) Qatar’s World Cup isn’t quite over the goal line and (18:35) why do people who worry about ...
10.31.2022 Editor’s Picks: October 31st 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, Rishi Sunak’s promise of stability is a low bar for Britain, (10:35) the risks of Bidenomics and (18:20) will Iran’s women win? Please ...
10.23.2022 Editor’s Picks: October 24th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the coming house-price slump, why Xi Jinping has no interest in succession planning (10:10) and how to make better use of antidepressants (19:29). ...
10.16.2022 Editor’s Picks: October 17th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, China’s next chapter, why emerging markets look unusually resilient (10:05) and why it is time to legalise cocaine (15:40). Please subscribe to The ...
10.09.2022 Editor’s Picks: October 10th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the outlook for the world economy, how worried you should be about Elon Musk’s superpowers (12:50), and a study allays fears that covid ...
10.02.2022 Editor’s Picks: October 3rd 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, Britain in crisis: how not to run a country. Also, how to make sense of China’s president (10:00), and why becoming a father ...
09.26.2022 Editor’s Picks: September 26th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, a new-look Gulf, Vladimir Putin's partial mobilisation (10:45), and the Google-Meta advertising duopoly (15:00). Please subscribe to The Economist for full access to ...
09.19.2022 Editor’s Picks: September 19th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, why the British monarchy matters, Vladimir Putin’s war is failing (10:31), and China’s property crisis hasn’t gone away (17:59). Please subscribe to The ...
09.12.2022 Editor’s Picks: September 12th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the death of Elizabeth II marks the end of an era. Also, why Jair Bolsonaro poses a threat to Brazilian democracy (11:15), and ...
09.05.2022 Editor’s Picks: September 5th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the disunited states of America, why Britain can't build (9:15) and Pakistan’s worst floods in recent memory (17:05). Please subscribe to The Economist ...
08.29.2022 Editor’s Picks: August 29th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, are sanctions on Russia working? Plus, Joe Biden’s sweeping debt-forgiveness plan (10:00) and in defence of commuting (15:10). Please subscribe to The Economist ...
08.22.2022 Editor’s Picks: August 22nd 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, will Donald Trump run again? Also, the future of the Visa-Mastercard payments duopoly (9:35) and, what kind of prime minister will Britain get? ...
08.15.2022 Editor’s Picks: August 15th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, how to prevent a war between America and China over Taiwan, thanks to Vladimir Putin, Germany has woken up (10:20), and Britain’s summer ...
08.08.2022 Editor’s Picks: August 8th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, MBS: despot in the desert, the era of big-tech exceptionalism may be over (49:05), and why it’s OK not to be perfect at ...
08.01.2022 Editor’s Picks: August 1st 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, what happened to the Ukrainians who fled to Russia, how the sun is both our creator and destroyer (27:56), and how magicians won ...
07.25.2022 Editor’s Picks: July 25th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, why ESG should be boiled down to emissions, why the Tory leadership race should focus on Britain's growth challenge (10:00), and how software ...
07.17.2022 Editor’s Picks: July 18th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, why the Democrats need to wake up and stop pandering to their extremes, Europe’s winter of discontent (9:50), and why bottling white wine ...
07.11.2022 Editor’s Picks: July 11th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, why Britain is in a dangerous state, why the world’s most exciting app is also its most mistrusted (10:49), and Trumpism’s new Washington ...
07.04.2022 Editor’s Picks: July 4th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, how to win the long war in Ukraine, why the Supreme Court’s judicial activism will deepen cracks in America (10:20), and beach reads ...
06.26.2022 Editor’s Picks: June 27th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, how to fix the world’s energy emergency without wrecking the environment, the Biden-Harris problem (10:15), and China’s worsening mental-health crisis (16:45). Please subscribe ...
06.19.2022 Editor’s Picks: June 20th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the remaking of globalisation, Latin America’s vicious circle (9:55), and does the tank have a future? (17:55). Please subscribe to The Economist for ...
06.12.2022 Editor’s Picks: June 13th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, why foundation models are artificial intelligence’s new frontier, the stagnation nation: a chronic British disease (10:30), and why visiting the scenes of stories ...
06.06.2022 Editor’s Picks: June 6th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, a new nuclear era, what America’s next recession will look like (10:15), and why you shouldn’t bring your whole self to work (31:40). ...
05.30.2022 Editor’s Picks: May 30th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, How Xi Jinping is damaging China’s economy, Why America should make it harder to buy guns (10:15) And The power of small gestures ...
05.23.2022 Editor’s Picks: May 23rd 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, how the war in ukraine is tipping a fragile world towards mass hunger (10:36), why the tide is out for cryptocurrency assets (16:40), ...
05.16.2022 Editor’s Picks: May 16th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the forces that stand to transform India’s economy over the next decade (11:06), how surveilling workers could enhance productivity (21:07), and full-genome screening ...
05.09.2022 Editor’s Picks: May 9th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, how to save the supreme court from itself, how wearable technology promises to revolutionise health care (10:29) and our Bartleby columnist on why ...
05.02.2022 Editor’s Picks: May 2nd 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, how rotten is Russia’s army? France’s re-elected president prepares for a tough second term (10:30) and a struggle over artistic freedom suggests a ...
04.25.2022 Editor’s Picks: April 25th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, why the Federal Reserve has made a historic mistake on inflation. Also, what Taiwan can learn from Ukraine about resisting invasion (10:40) and, ...
04.18.2022 Editor’s Picks: April 18th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, what is China getting wrong? Also, why the world should stand up to Putin (10:43). And, crypto and web3: libertarian dream, or socialist ...
04.11.2022 Editor’s Picks: April 11th 2022 A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, why Emmanuel Macron’s fate matters beyond France, war crimes in Ukraine (11:05) and we explore the new headset wars between tech firms (16:05). ...

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