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Hamas controls a sprawling financial empire that could bring in around $1bn a year. Much of this funding is raised outside of Gaza—the group has devised methods of moving and spending this money without being hindered by sanctions. What more can be done to dismantle Hamas’s finances?
Hosts: Alice Fulwood, Tom Lee-Devlin and Mike Bird. Guests: Rachana Shanbhogue, The Economist’s business affairs editor; Tom Keatinge, financial crime expert at the defence and security think tank Rusi; and Elizabeth Rosenberg, assistant secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes at the US Treasury.
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An article from The Economist read aloud. We explain why the world must try harder on climate change.

The US government is intent on keeping the most advanced semiconductor chips—and the technology required to make them—out of China’s hands. In the last two years a barrage of export controls have been put in place to do this. But creating a watertight system in a deeply interlinked global economy is difficult, verging on impossible. It will only work if America’s allies are on board.
Hosts: Mike Bird, Tom Lee-Devlin and Alice Fulwood. Guests: Maria Shagina, senior research fellow at the IISS, and Gregory C. Allen, an export controls expert at CSIS.
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In five days OpenAI’s boss was fired by its board; hired by Microsoft, the startup’s biggest investor; and returned to his post at OpenAI. Yet things cannot be as they were: the shuffle will have consequences for the darling of the artificial-intelligence community and for the industry as a whole.
Hosts: Tom Lee-Devlin, Alice Fulwood and Mike Bird. Guests: Benedict Evans, a technology analyst and former venture capitalist, and The Economist’s Arjun Ramani and Ludwig Siegele.
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Higher interest rates are here to stay – or at least that’s what the bond investors seem to think. The US yield curve currently indicates that the Federal Reserve will keep rates at close to 5% for years to come. What has convinced investors borrowing costs can remain so high? And if they’re right, what does it mean for the economy?
Hosts: Alice Fulwood, Tom Lee-Devlin and Mike Bird. Guests: Mike Cudzil, a portfolio manager at Pimco; and economist Catherine L Mann.
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An article from The Economist read aloud. We explore the dawn of the omnistar, in the age of artificial intelligence.