No port of call: coronavirus may sink the cruise industry
Economist Podcasts2 Huhti 2020

No port of call: coronavirus may sink the cruise industry

Cruise ships had been enjoying a golden era—until covid-19 came along. The pandemic has been a catastrophe for the industry. Stranded passengers have taken ill and even died, ships have been banned from ports, and revenue has collapsed. But lawmakers are unlikely to bail it out. In Sweden, daily life has been pretty normal, despite the coronavirus, but can that continue? And we report on Dutch disease—the language’s unusual affinity for poxy swear words.

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Redrawing the lines: cocaine policy in Latin America

Redrawing the lines: cocaine policy in Latin America

Regional leaders recognise the abject failure of the war on drugs. We speak with Colombia’s president about some bold new ideas to tackle the problem. Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, is ...

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Variety in the price of life: inflation and the midterms

Variety in the price of life: inflation and the midterms

In the next instalment of our American midterms series we visit Rhode Island to see how inflation—at its highest since the early Reagan era—is affecting people’s lives, and their voting intentions. De...

19 Loka 202228min

Hell hath no fury: a look inside Iran’s protests

Hell hath no fury: a look inside Iran’s protests

Unrest is only spreading and the authorities trying to quell it are looking increasingly desperate. We hear from one protester among many who are racked by fear but motivated by hope. The leader of th...

18 Loka 202226min

Helmsman’s high water: China’s Communist Party Congress

Helmsman’s high water: China’s Communist Party Congress

State media have taken to calling President Xi Jinping “the helmsman”; at the five-yearly meeting he defended his means of steering the country. We ask how to read between his tightly prepared lines. ...

17 Loka 202222min

Witness self-protection programme? Trump and the Capitol riot inquiry

Witness self-protection programme? Trump and the Capitol riot inquiry

The former president may well ignore the January 6th committee’s summons; the whole affair may be unceremoniously shut down next year. But that is not to say the process has been in vain. Russia’s int...

14 Loka 202227min

Gilt trip: Liz Truss’s hobbled leadership

Gilt trip: Liz Truss’s hobbled leadership

Paroxysms in the market for gilts—British-government bonds that were once safe-haven assets—reveal just how wounded the new government’s plans have left it. Cuba is experiencing the worst economic cri...

13 Loka 202226min

Don kingmaker: Trump and the midterms

Don kingmaker: Trump and the midterms

The latest instalment of our series asks how much difference Donald Trump’s imprimatur has made to candidates—and whether that influence will carry over to a general election. A look at South African ...

12 Loka 202228min

Help them, Obi: one hopeful candidate in Nigeria

Help them, Obi: one hopeful candidate in Nigeria

Our correspondent meets with Peter Obi, who has a handsome poll lead and an appeal that spans the country’s religions and ethnicities. But his presidential bid still faces obstacles. Myanmar’s ruling ...

11 Loka 202225min

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