Bibi talk: a speech light on detail
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 July 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Anyone hoping to glean hints of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s plans for the Gaza war and its aftermath will have been disappointed: it was a political speech aimed at Israelis. Nigerians spend more than anyone on food, as a fraction of income. We look at the factors making the squeeze even tighter (11:44). And Starbucks franchises as community-level drivers of innovation (18:28).
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| 1:00.7 | The Economist |
| 1:02.0 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. I'm Rosie Bloor. |
| 1:12.6 | And I'm Jason Palmer. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:19.6 | Food price inflation is taking a toll everywhere, but Nigerians spend a larger share of income on food |
| 1:28.6 | than people anywhere else in the world. Climate change isn't easy to fix. But what about the |
| 1:34.3 | political causes of this crisis? And by now, it's easy to think of Starbucks as a bland |
| 1:42.2 | business that doesn't offer communities much more than a few barista jobs. |
| 1:47.1 | New research suggests otherwise. |
| 1:49.7 | Franchises spark more business innovation in a way that, say, Dunkin' Donuts does not. |
| 1:59.5 | But first......we meet today at a crossroads of history. |
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