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Podcasts:
Like the sub-prime mortgage crisis in America and the sovereign debt crisis in Europe, emerging markets could be on the cusp of their own debt reckoning
Argentina holds a runoff presidential election, world leaders talk trade in Manila and Hong Kong will hold its first election since the 2014 Occupy protests
This week: how to mix comedy and economics, why repetitive pop music is a high art form and some notes from a festival of beards
The Economist asks James Bartholomew, author of “The Welfare of Nations,” whether modern welfare systems stoke unemployment - and how they should be reformed
How satellites can save lives in the aftermath of an earthquake and a tantalising signal looks increasingly like it could be from dark matter
Some of Silicon Valley's most successful companies have yet to go public. The private world of "unicorns" is a gentler place than the stockmarket, perhaps artificially
China's singletons take part in the world's biggest online-retail event, the Israeli prime minister visits America and Airbus and Boeing show off their planes at the Dubai Air Show
In our November/December issue, the fashion writer Luke Leitch writes about modern menswear. In this podcast, he joins Matthew Sweet to discuss why 21st-century New Yorkers dress like 1950s forest rangers, why designers yearn for authenticity, and why sportswear is the style of the future
This week: the effect of religion on generosity, American forces free maple-syrup from captivity and a 5,000-year-old tree changes sex
We ask the author of a new historical biography how Martha Washington's role shaped the course of America's history, and became a template for future First Ladies
Hypersonic air-breathing engines may at least be a reality and the Cassini spacecraft has a close encounter with Saturn's icy moon
Apostles of blockchain, the technology behind Bitcoin, think of it as the internet of money with implications stretching far beyond the cryptocurrency
Myanmar has its first proper election in a generation, Japan, South Korea and China hold talks and chancellor Angela Merkel gives evidence in a hearing on nuclear energy
This week: a new superpredator stalks North America, Japan’s Buddhist temples feel the squeeze and cashpoints get iris scanners
The historian and author of “Kissinger: Volume 1: The Idealist 1923-1968“ takes a new look at the controversial national security advisor and secretary of state
