The Economist - 2021-10-09 - October 9th, 2021 torrent

Category: Anthology, Business, Misc. Non-fiction
Language: English
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Written by 2021-10-09 - October 9th, 2021
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The Economist in audio
October 9th, 2021

The shortage economy

Leaders
Stagflation risks
The shortage economy
A new era of scarcity threatens global prosperity

Social media
Facepalm
Even when it has a point, Facebook is reviled. The problem starts at the top

Climate change and innovation
Hydrogen’s hope and hype
Hydrogen’s moment has come at last

Pakistan
An all-weather frenemy
For the West to talk to Pakistan is not easy or pleasant, but it is necessary

Ethiopia’s war in Tigray
No favours for killers
Ethiopia is deliberately starving its own citizens. It must be stopped

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I attempted to post this comment 30 times without luck. Sometimes it said: “Duplicate comment detected; it looks as though you’ve already said that!” Other times “You are posting comments too quickly. Slow down” or it just refreshed this page with no change.

Anyway…

You’re all welcome. Actually, please let this post serve as my “you’re welcome” to all expressions of gratitude directed my way for previous and future uploads of the Economist. I know, it is pretty awesome…I’ve been a regular reader/listener for a few decades. I don’t know how much longer I may post it. So if you like it and one day discover that I’ve discontinued my weekly posts then just buy a subscription and post it.

For those unfamiliar with the Economist…The writing is fairly consistently excellect though you just have to get used to a few Britishisms such as nought (zero), whinging (whining), throw a spanner (wrench) in the works (gears), kit (equipment), damp squib (something underwhelming), punter (gambler or someone taking a position on a bet), cock up (epic fail), dodgy (shady), knackered (tired), bangers (sausage), jiggery-pokery (fraud), to make a hash of (fuck up), nappies (diapers), scuppered (scuttled), to be at/on the hustings (campaigning), bunting (banners), queue (line-up), spotty (patchy), shambolic (disorganized or confused), suss out (to reason through), trainers (sneekers), wonky (unsteady), etc. I won’t even mention the basic Britishisms such as mate, rubbish, daft, knickers, bloody, adverts, arse, lift, lorrie, maths, and telly that aren’t usually used by Americans. Of course, my ear for these imports has probably dulled after many years of hearing them.

Also, it took me 13 attempts at hitting the “Share it” button on the “Share my audiobook” for the thing to finally post.

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