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This episode is brought to you by The Economist.

Now, Rory, a lot has been going on recently.

Pace of change is relentless.

The world's challenges are unbelievably complicated.

But one of the simplest, best ways to keep up with it all is by reading The Economist.

It's extraordinary.

It's sort of rather strange in the modern media

environment. They're keeping these very high quality, serious journalists, they're pursuing

stories that other people aren't. And it is remarkable that they're able to compress into

these kind of short, lively articles, such a kind of extraordinary overview of the world.

I think you're right. It's not just the breadth, it's the depth. If they go into something,

they suddenly decide they're going to go into something in real detail. I imagine it's very

rare that something one or other says on this podcast each week might have come from reading

something in The Economist. I think if you want to understand the modern world, you can't do worse than get The Economist. And it's more than just articles.

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