Editor's Picks from The Economist

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Editor's Picks from The Economist episodes

June 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 is an act of imagination (18:20).

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24 min
June 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).

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38 min
May 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 (15:13)
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21 min
May 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), and pouring graphene’s bright future.

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37 min
May 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 for newborn babies is now on the cards.

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30 min
May 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 working from anywhere isn't realistic (18:29)
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25 min
May 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 better way out of the culture wars (15:25).

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22 min
April 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, Elon Musk’s Twitter saga is capitalism gone rogue (17:15).

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25 min
April 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 Utopia? (18:27)

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25 min
April 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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30 min

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