Contrary to popular opinion: Mexico’s president
Andrés Manuel López Obrador roared into office with a grand “fourth transformation” agenda. Even after two years of policy failures and power-grabbing, he remains wildly popular. An eye-catching new report implores economists to take biodiversity into ...
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February 22, 2021
Contrary to popular opinion: Mexico’s president
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<p>Andrés Manuel López Obrador roared into office with a grand “fourth transformation” agenda. Even after two years of <a href="https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2021/02/20/mexicos-president-has-yet-to-make-peoples-lives-better?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">policy failures and power-grabbing</a>, he remains wildly popular. An eye-catching new report <a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2021/02/06/how-should-economists-think-about-biodiversity?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">implores</a> economists to take biodiversity into account—and puts some sobering limits on growth. And a chat through the state of the art in <a href="https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/02/11/conversational-computers-have-come-a-long-way?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">conversational computers</a>.</p><p>For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a></p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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