The provinces largest party aligned with Britain has lost its leader; in the 100 years since the island was split it has rarely seemed so close to reuniting. Diplomacy, as with so much else, had to go online during the pandemicand emerged more efficient and inclusive than many expected. And how art-...

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Cutting-edge semiconductors are the most complex objects that humans make. Host Hal Hodson and Tim Cross, The Economists technology editor, delve into the secretive science that powers a growing portion of economic activity and the world-leading yet precarious work of TSMCthe company that dominates ...

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A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, Taiwan: the most dangerous place on earth, post-covid syndrome (09:00) and Buttonwood: private-credit markets (28:55)Please subscribe to The Economist for full access to print, digital and audio ...

https://play.acast.com/s/theeconomisteditorspicks/editor-spicks-may3rd2021

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Thousands are dying each day amid vaccine shortages. Would a patent waiver save lives?Jayati Ghosh of the University of Massachusetts Amherst says liberating IP is an urgent moral issue. Richard Hatchett, CEO at CEPI, disagrees.Alok Jha and Natasha Loder are joined by Edward Carr, our deputy editor...

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How has the pursuit of love changed? Anne McElvoy asks the British actress, screenwriter and director of the TV adaptation of Nancy Mitfords novel "The Pursuit of Love" about the choice women face between heady freedoms and a more settled life through the generations. Should period dramas be more ...

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A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week: the rise of e-money, ten years after Spains indignados protests (10:03) andthe brothers Karamazov on stage (17:36).Please subscribe to The Economist for full access to print, digital and audio ...

https://play.acast.com/s/theeconomisteditorspicks/editor-spicks-may10th2021

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A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week: ten million reasons to vaccinate the world, Israel and the Palestinians (9:48) and musical plagiarism (15:35).*contains adult languagePlease subscribe to The Economist for full access to print, ...

https://play.acast.com/s/theeconomisteditorspicks/editor-spicks-may17th2021

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Today another state will enact a permitless carry lawno licence, checks or training required. We ask why states loosening of safeguards fails to reflect public sentiment. Brexit has supercharged Scottish nationalism, and this weeks elections may pave the way to another independence referendum. And a...

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Technological change is upending finance as the clout of payment platforms and tech firms grows and central banks begin to issue their own digital currencies. But can you imagine a world without banks? Rachana Shanbhogue explores the future of banking with Alice Fulwood, The Economists Wall Street ...

https://play.acast.com/s/theeconomistmoneytalks/moneytalks-doestheworldstillneedbanks-

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