Capitol crimes: one year after America’s insurrection

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🗓️ 6 January 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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The insurrection’s horrors might have marked a turning point for Donald Trump’s supporters and enablers. Not so; the people and the politics remain as divided as they were one year ago. We examine why, despite the rampant uncertainty that should lift it, gold had a terrible 2021. And London’s farcical attempt to draw consumers to a famed shopping district. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.
0:08.5	Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
0:17.3	Few things in finance are as solid as the notion that gold is a safe asset in an uncertain world.
0:24.1	So why, with all the uncertainty that's around, has gold just had a terrible year?
0:32.2	And shopping districts all over the rich world are desperate to bring back the customers they've lost to e-commerce and then to the pandemic.
0:40.3	We examine London's ill-fated plan to lure them in with a big, shaky, raggedy pile of earth.
0:51.3	But first...
0:57.0	March on Congress directly after Trump's speech.
1:04.0	March on Congress,
1:06.0	March on Congress!
1:07.0	March on Congress!
1:08.0	One year ago today, then President Donald Trump addressed the March to Save America.
1:14.6	We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing
1:19.6	and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated, lawfully slated.
1:26.6	I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building
1:31.3	to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.
1:36.3	Many attendees of that rally would go further, descending on the Capitol building.
1:41.3	Take that house!
1:46.0	Take it now!
1:48.0	Take it now!
1:50.0	We were just told that there has been tear gas in the rotunda,
1:58.0	and we're being instructed to each of us get a gas mask that are under our seats.
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