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Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. This week, Britain’s new prime minister and chancellor have a mountain to climb

Elon Musk may be the most powerful man in the world. He’s worth almost $1trn, runs Tesla and SpaceX, boasts an enormous social-media following and, to top it all off, he reckons he’s pretty good at predicting the future, too. 

For his first extended interview…

More wealth to inherit means more ugly fights

With better government, it could become a business hub once again

Strikes on e-commerce hubs are a sign that Ukraine’s strategy against Russia is shifting

Electric vehicles should save both drivers and governments money

Riches sit under a rare vestige of the wild Midwest

Cracks appear in the court of President Prabowo

The Roman empire shaped the religion in all sorts of crucial ways, a new book argues

Manufacturers are earning big bucks as a result

Blame supply-chain snags, procurement obstacles and the rise of drone warfare

It continues, rebranded, under Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos

All the continent’s a stage

His more than 2,500 covers cleverly captured, mocked and ridiculed the world

Shantou was once at the forefront of reforms. Now it is a backwater

Could a new era of big infrastructure developments accelerate growth?

…while practising its oldest form

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