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A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. Published weekdays from Monday to Thursday.
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A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. Published weekdays from Monday to Thursday.
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    Chasing unicorns: why Xi is love-bombing China’s entrepreneurs

    Chasing unicorns: why Xi is love-bombing China’s entrepreneurs

    A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. Amid economic gloom, Xi Jinping wants to encourage Chinese startups. But entrepreneurs remain pessimistic.

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    Love's labour's lakhs: a $600m wedding in India

    Love's labour's lakhs: a $600m wedding in India

    A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. Today, what the reaction to a $600m matrimonial extravaganza reveals about attitudes to wealth in India.

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    Firing blanks: Russia’s dwindling supply of weapons

    Firing blanks: Russia’s dwindling supply of weapons

    A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. At the start of the war in Ukraine, Russia seemed to have an unassailable advantage. Now, as stocks of Soviet-era armaments begin to run dry, the scales may be balancing.

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    The bull’s blind spot: markets are ignoring political risks

    The bull’s blind spot: markets are ignoring political risks

    A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. Today, our cover leader in Asia asks why markets are booming in the face of global tumult and political uncertainty.

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    Digital corpses: what happens to your data after you die?

    Digital corpses: what happens to your data after you die?

    A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. Today, we examine a new book by Carl Ohman, a Swedish political scientist, that explores a series of thorny philosophical questions on the afterlife of data.

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    Booked and busy: leadership lessons from literature

    Booked and busy: leadership lessons from literature

    A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. Today, our Bartleby columnist offers a reading list for the aspiring CEO. Find out why we recommend you ditch the management manual and instead pick up Macbeth.

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127 Ratings

127 Ratings

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Stop pushing Philip Morris

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I am afraid to say that The journal is becoming old

Some of the ideas are not very up to date or open.

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