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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
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
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
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
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?
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
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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Customer Reviews
A great way to listen to Economist articles
I used to make it a point to listen to at least all the Leaders in every Economist issue on their “Economist in Audio” podcast, but I don’t have time to do that any more. But between this podcast and the Economist’s Intelligence podcast, I feel like I’m getting brief but detailed glimpses into what’s going on in the world. I hope they set up a podcast just for Leaders at some point, but until that day this is a great substitute!
Hate the new daily format
There are SO MANY daily podcasts that I’m literally drowning in them. This one used to be unique & only once a week, which made it easy to digest and efficient. Literally subscribed to get access to it when it went behind a paywall. Now it’s overwhelming my feed like every other podcast ☹️
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