Buy the bullet: global defence spending
Economist Podcasts2 Touko 2019

Buy the bullet: global defence spending

Governments the world over are beefing up defence spending—chief among them America’s and China’s. But some aggressive countries’ budgets are actually shrinking. May Day protests in France took a violent turn this year, and that complicates President Macron’s efforts to calm an already protest-prone populace. And, academics have been trying to determine which English-speaking country produces the most bullshit.

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Modi behaviour: will India retaliate against Pakistan?

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Carney score: last days of Canada’s campaign

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Division multiplication: the UAE’s foreign meddling

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Cardinals in: choosing the next pope

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A man of the people: Pope Francis has died

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