At your services: Britain’s economic bright spot
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 11 July 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Growth is abysmal; wages are low. But seen from the outside, Britain is a great place to contract services and buy bargain-basement bonds. We explore the opportunities amid the challenges. After months of reporting, our correspondent shares what he learned about Austin Tice, a missing American journalist. And our obituaries editor remembers Jimmy Swaggart, a famed and fallible televangelist.
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| 1:22.8 | Our Middle East correspondent has felt compelled to investigate the disappearance in 2012 of Austin Tice, |
| 1:30.4 | an American journalist in Syria. |
| 1:32.7 | After months of reporting, the threads of clues reveal much about the former Assad regime. |
| 1:40.5 | And Jimmy Swaggart was one of America's most prominent televangelists, |
| 1:45.3 | and did a pretty good job of showing that even the most fervent men of God are fallible. |
| 1:50.8 | Our obituaries editor looks back on his rise and fall. |
| 1:59.1 | But first... Another day, another bit of unhappy news from Britain's Office of National Statistics. |
| 2:13.9 | The economy has shrunk again, only a little bit this time. |
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