The Economist ‘Editor’s Picks’ (January 23, 2023) – A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, Disney’s second century, Turkey’s looming dictatorship (10:25) and how young people spend their money (17:35).
Category Archives: Analysis
Politics: Biden’s Classified Documents, Debt Ceiling
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the latest on President Biden’s classified documents investigation and the debt ceiling debate in Congress.
Opinion: Global Order In Danger, Insurrection In Brazil, Prince Harry Book
January 16, 2023 – Three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist: the destructive new logic that threatens globalisation, how Brazil should deal with the bolsonarista insurrection (11:55) and a review of Prince Harry’s autobiography (16:45).
Technology: The Global Impact Of OpenAI ‘ChatGPT’
Chat GPT is the world’s most powerful AI chatbot. It offers a human-like alternative to search engines and can do everything from compile a menu to writing a TV script to explaining quantum physics. Could it also transform the jobs of hundreds of millions of people?
Opinion: China Reopens & Disrupts World, Britain-EU, Indo-Pacific Revived
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, how China’s reopening will disrupt the world economy, a realistic path to a better relationship between Britain and the EU (8:54) and reinventing the Indo-Pacific (17:35).
Preview: Foreign Policy Magazine – Winter 2023
The New Rules of War
Twelve experts on what the world needs to learn from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Biden Is Now All-In on Taking Out China
The U.S. president has committed to rapid decoupling, whatever the consequences.
Why Japan Should Join AUKUS
Tokyo has become an indispensable security actor in the Indo-Pacific.
Analysis: Apple’s Supply Chain Shifts From China To India And Vietnam (WSJ)
Global Review: Five Top Stories To Watch In 2023
Video timeline: 00:00 – The World Ahead 2023 00:35 – India’s population potential 04:30 – Psychedelic medicines 08:06 – Japan’s markets mayhem? 12:45 – Repairing the world 15:50 – The coronation’s colonial concerns
Foreign Affairs Magazine: The Best Articles Of 2022
The Sources of Russian Misconduct
A Diplomat Defects From the Kremlin
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2022
Revenge of the Patriarchs
Why Autocrats Fear Women
MARCH/APRIL 2022
Nobody Wants the Current World Order
How All the Major Powers—Even the United States—Became Revisionists
AUGUST 3, 2022
Previews: The Economist Magazine – Dec 23-30, 2022
Our country of the year for 2022 can only be Ukraine
For the heroism of its people, and for standing up to a bully
What 2022 meant for the world
Some years bring disorder, others a resolution. This one asked questions
Elon Musk’s $44bn education on free speech
He has had a crash course in the trade-offs in protecting free expression
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