Bidin’: will Joe go or no?
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 11 July 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Democrats’ worried murmurs have become public statements. Polls give Donald Trump a widening lead. Why won’t President Biden make way for a younger successor? Off Colombia’s coast a shipwreck bursting with treasures is about to be plundered, but who owns that loot is hotly contested (10:12). And why Finnish schools are trying to lure in more foreign students (17:43).
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| 0:00.0 | The Economist. |
| 0:07.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from The Economist. |
| 0:10.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from The Economist. I'm Rosie Bloor. |
| 0:15.0 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the event shaping your world. |
| 0:20.0 | Just off the Colombian coast lies what might be the world's most valuable shipwreck. |
| 0:29.2 | It's been found intact after 300 years and a project is |
| 0:33.0 | project is underway to pick through its treasures. |
| 0:36.0 | Whom those treasures belong to, well that's the tricky bit. |
| 0:41.0 | And mention international students and countries such as America, Britain and Canada come to mind. |
| 0:47.0 | Now Finland is trying to get in on the act. |
| 0:49.0 | Can its primary schools attract foreign pupils. First up though, though, |
| 1:03.0 | in the |
| 1:05.0 | in the |
| 1:08.0 | In this year full of elections |
| 1:12.0 | in this year full of elections, America's is clearly a biggie, and by now you might hope to be hearing stuff of substance about it, the would be president's policies, plans, and promises. |
| 1:23.0 | Instead, one question has absolutely consumed the agenda, particularly for Democrats. |
| 1:29.0 | Can President Biden remain his party's nominee for president. |
| 1:33.0 | Opinions are hardening in many quarters that action has to be taken, and that action is a different |
| 1:38.9 | nominee. |
| 1:39.9 | That's the question after an extraordinary week of turmoil inside the Democratic Party. |
| 1:45.4 | Plenty of party members and lawmakers have suggested Mr Biden should give way. |
| 1:50.2 | Some even had the gumption to say so publicly. |
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