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Every weekday our global network of correspondents makes sense of the stories beneath the headlines. We bring you surprising trends and tales from around the world, current affairs, business and finance — as well as science and technology.
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One of the many aims of President Joe Biden’s signature legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act, is to cut the cost of drugs prescribed by Medicare, a government health insurance programme for Americans 65 and over. But the policy could have some side-effects for patients far beyond the US.
Hosts: Tom Lee-Devlin and Mike Bird. Contributors: Shailesh Chitnis, The Economist’s global business correspondent; Tricia Neuman, a senior advisor to Mr Biden; and David Fredrickson of AstraZeneca.
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Previous episodes
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4853 - Money Talks: The price of cheaper medicines Thu, 21 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4852 - Missing in action: China’s defence minister has disappeared Thu, 21 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4851 - Babbage: How AI promises to revolutionise science Wed, 20 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4850 - Are the allegations tru deau? Canada and India’s diplomatic row Wed, 20 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4849 - Drum Tower: Riding an express train of China’s development Tue, 19 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4848 - Argo the sequel: America and Iran’s hostage deal Tue, 19 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4847 - Editor’s Picks: September 18th 2023 Mon, 18 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4846 - Radical shift: an interview with Argentina’s presidential frontrunner Mon, 18 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4845 - Checks and Balance: Strike while it's hot Fri, 15 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4844 - Support systems: allies debate Ukraine’s tactics Fri, 15 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4843 - Babbage: Trailer Wed, 06 May 2015 - 0h
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4842 - Money Talks: Trailer Tue, 05 May 2015 - 0h
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4841 - Money Talks: China’s property crisis Thu, 14 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4840 - Refresh your feed: introducing Economist Podcasts+ Thu, 14 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4839 - Babbage: Mustafa Suleyman on how to prepare for the age of AI Wed, 13 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4838 - Chilean effect: the 50th anniversary of the coup Wed, 13 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4837 - Drum Tower: Nuclear reaction Tue, 12 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4836 - Midnight train to Moscow: Kim Jong Un cosies up with Russia Tue, 12 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4835 - Editor’s Picks: September 11th 2023 Mon, 11 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4834 - Preparing for the long war: an interview with President Zelensky Mon, 11 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4833 - Checks and Balance: Intelligence test Fri, 08 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4832 - Moves over: American house prices Fri, 08 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4831 - Money Talks: Why does everyone want to manage your wealth? Thu, 07 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4830 - A messy oil change: Nigeria’s fraught reforms Thu, 07 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4829 - Babbage: Sex differences and sport Wed, 06 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4828 - Show and sell: Amazon v Hollywood Wed, 06 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4827 - Drum Tower: Inside Fortress China Tue, 05 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4826 - Upping arms: the new three-way nuclear race Tue, 05 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4825 - Editor’s Picks: September 4th 2023 Mon, 04 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4824 - Held fire: America’s murder rate slips Mon, 04 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4823 - Checks and Balance: Los diablos de Los Angeles Fri, 01 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4822 - Paranoia politics: a Tunisian lesson in demagoguery Fri, 01 Sep 2023 - 0h
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4821 - Money Talks: Information used to want to be free Thu, 31 Aug 2023 - 0h
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4820 - Going, going… Gabon: another African coup Thu, 31 Aug 2023 - 0h
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4819 - Babbage: El Niño is back, and he looks angry Wed, 30 Aug 2023 - 0h
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4818 - Game of drones: can Ukraine pull ahead? Wed, 30 Aug 2023 - 0h
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4817 - Drum Tower: Hey, big spenders Tue, 29 Aug 2023 - 0h
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4816 - Teutonic plague: is Germany the sick man of Europe? Tue, 29 Aug 2023 - 0h
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4815 - Editor’s Picks: August 28th 2023 Mon, 28 Aug 2023 - 0h
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4814 - Going non-nuclear: East Asia’s changing families Mon, 28 Aug 2023 - 0h
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4813 - Checks and Balance: A novel approach Fri, 25 Aug 2023 - 0h
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4812 - Fellow-BRICS road: a club expands Fri, 25 Aug 2023 - 0h
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4811 - Money Talks: Counting the cost of education Thu, 24 Aug 2023 - 0h
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4810 - Flight of the long knives: Prigozhin’s reported death Thu, 24 Aug 2023 - 0h
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4809 - Babbage: How to learn to love maths, with Eugenia Cheng Wed, 23 Aug 2023 - 0h
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4808 - Vote with no confidence: Zimbabwe goes to the polls Wed, 23 Aug 2023 - 0h
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4807 - Drum Tower: For richer, for poorer Tue, 22 Aug 2023 - 0h
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4806 - Home groan: China’s housing-sector crisis Tue, 22 Aug 2023 - 0h
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4805 - Editor’s Picks: August 21st 2023 Mon, 21 Aug 2023 - 0h
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4804 - Latin lessons: two contrasting elections Mon, 21 Aug 2023 - 0h