The World Ahead from The Economist

The world ahead: Shifting sands of the Sahel

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In this episode of our future-gazing podcast we discuss how an often-ignored region in Africa seems set grow in prominence, for the wrong reasons. Professor Stephen Hsu discusses the implications of genomic risk-scoring in health care. And we look at the rise of the couture designer in China. Tom Standage hosts


Music by Chris Zabriskie "Candlepower" (CC x 4.0)


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