Shutting match: what will break the US federal impasse?
Economist Podcasts23 Loka 2025

Shutting match: what will break the US federal impasse?

The government shutdown in America is now the second-longest on record. Yet there is no apparent urgency to end it, either from Republicans or Democrats. Why Ghana has escaped the jihadist violence of its neighbours in the Sahel. And bottled water is going upmarket.


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General ejection: China’s military purge

General ejection: China’s military purge

The two men under investigation are in the army’s highest echelon, and are some of President Xi Jinping’s closest counsel. We examine the probable motives for a surprising purge. In Ukraine’s freezing...

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Trailer: Boss Class Season 3

Trailer: Boss Class Season 3

AI is changing how we work. It's turning us all into managers. Be a good one.The Economist’s management columnist, Andrew Palmer, takes on the bots in the third season of Boss Class. From cloning to c...

26 Tammi 2min

Resistance is fatal: another killing in Minneapolis

Resistance is fatal: another killing in Minneapolis

For the second time this month, federal agents in Minneapolis killed a citizen under disputed circumstances. We take a wider look at the immigration-enforcement effort and what, if anything, might lim...

26 Tammi 26min

Trailer: Boss Class Season 3

Trailer: Boss Class Season 3

AI is changing how we work. It's turning us all into managers. Be a good one.The Economist’s management columnist, Andrew Palmer, takes on the bots in the third season of Boss Class. From cloning to c...

25 Tammi 2min

Trailer: Boss Class Season 3

Trailer: Boss Class Season 3

AI is changing how we work. It's turning us all into managers. Be a good one. The Economist’s management columnist, Andrew Palmer, takes on the bots in the third season of Boss Class. From cloning to ...

24 Tammi 2min

Trailer: Boss Class Season 3

Trailer: Boss Class Season 3

AI is changing how we work. It's turning us all into managers. Be a good one.The Economist’s management columnist, Andrew Palmer, takes on the bots in the third season of Boss Class. From cloning to c...

23 Tammi 2min

ISIS control: Syria’s prison camp changes hands

ISIS control: Syria’s prison camp changes hands

Our Middle East correspondent reports from the largest holding camp for ISIS fighters in northern Syria, which government troops have just retaken from Kurdish control. What will happen to the inmates...

23 Tammi 27min

Grave new world: the Greenland row’s lasting damage

Grave new world: the Greenland row’s lasting damage

After an astonishing week, Donald Trump has said America will not take Greenland by force, nor put tariffs on those who oppose his acquisition plan. Our correspondent asks if America-Europe relations ...

22 Tammi 21min

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