Boiling over: an attempt on the Slovakian PM’s life
Economist Podcasts16 Touko 2024

Boiling over: an attempt on the Slovakian PM’s life

An attempt on Robert Fico’s life comes at a time of deep-running polarisation in his country—much of which is his own doing. A vote today among auto workers in America’s historically union-unfriendly south will indicate whether an organised-labour revolution can take hold (9:26). And the perception of time varies depending on what you are looking at (17:24).


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