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Every weekday our global network of correspondents makes sense of the stories beneath the headlines. We bring you surprising trends and tales from around the world, current affairs, business and finance — as well as science and technology.
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A real work of peace? An Israel-Hamas deal
America’s upbeat assessment of a ceasefire deal masks deep divides that may not, in fact, be bridgeable. There are nevertheless reasons for optimism. Our data team digs into the accusation that the New York Times’s bestseller list is biased against conservatives (10:58). And why a quirk of British regulation is holding back its non-alcoholic-drinks industry (19:08).
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Dangerous allure: Why the China model still appeals overseas
China’s model for economic development holds serious appeal for countries looking for an alternative to the Washington consensus of economic and political liberalisation. But what exactly is the “China Model”? And should America and its allies be worried about China’s growing confidence in exporting it?
Hosts: Mike Bird and Tom Lee-Devlin. Guests: Elizabeth Economy, Hargrove senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University; and Yasheng Huang, Professor of Global Economic and Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
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America's next top-job model: our election forecast
We have dusted off and tuned up our forecast model for America’s presidential race. So far it gives Donald Trump a marginally higher chance of a second term. There is at last progress on not one but two vaccines to beat malaria (9:02). And a look at the “tradwives” of TikTok: passionate homemakers who prefer the gender roles of the past (15:10).
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AI meets reality: How to make robots for a human world
After years of slow progress, robots have suddenly been getting a lot cleverer and more capable. The technology behind ChatGPT—large language models—has given machines in the real world a dramatic brain upgrade. How is artificial intelligence bringing about a renaissance in robotics and allowing them to finally work in the world of humans?
Host: Alok Jha, The Economist’s science and technology editor. Contributors: Dinesh Jayaraman, Arjun Krishna and Jason Ma of the University of Pennsylvania; Tom Standage, Shailesh Chitnis and Trisha Parayil of The Economist.
Want to learn more about generative artificial intelligence? Listen to our series on the science that built the AI revolution.
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Doing their not-own thing: “generation rent”
Across the rich world millions spend more than a third of their disposable income on rent. We ask why policymakers have such terrible ideas on easing the pressure. America’s bid to crimp TikTok has raised a flurry of issues far graver than social-media scrolling (9:53). And why pop stars are (again) embracing the album over the single (15:46).
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An autocratic bromance: Xi and Putin
In the past, Xi Jinping and Vladmir Putin have described their relationship as a “friendship with no limits”. Some in the West have dismissed it as more of a “marriage of convenience”.
Either way, it is undeniable that China and Russia are more aligned than they have ever been since the Cold war. David Rennie, The Economist’s Beijing bureau chief and Alice Su, our senior China correspondent, ask: how strong has the China-Russia relationship become? And what’s in it for China?
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Unable to link Apple Podcast to Economist + subscription
Upgraded iOS to 17, but the “already a subscriber” does not work at all, either trying from the Economist + main menu (which always leads me to Economist’s own podcast app) or from a subscriber only episode. So frustrated. Plus never received the follow up email about how to activate the subscription, although the subscription confirmation email said they would do so…