Combative, conservative, cut down: Charlie Kirk
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The Economist
4.4 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
America’s most prominent young conservative was assassinated while conducting one of his signature campus events. His death might only widen political divides. In Asia a broad trend of deflation points to lower prices but unhealthy economies. And what happens when spiritual leaders are given hallucinogens.
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| 0:00.0 | Blockchain. Crypto. It's happening to investments, currency, food trucks. Yes, payments are possible |
| 0:06.2 | with crypto now. But it's not just happening to tortilla chips. Also, microchips. You can trade |
| 0:11.8 | tokenized real world and digital assets. So it's happening to assets, trading, industries, |
| 0:17.4 | economies, and pretty much everything else. And it's happening with ripple. |
| 0:22.2 | For informational purposes only, not an offer or inducement. For investment professionals |
| 0:25.9 | and high net worth companies, FSMA 2000 financial promotion order. I'm always up before the birds |
| 0:31.6 | and the kids. Good thing Costa Express is always up too. Early starts are easier with great coffee. |
| 0:39.9 | And if I grab one for Bob, I might even get some decent company. |
| 0:44.6 | Large cappuccino for the bloc who's half asleep. |
| 0:47.3 | Oh, you legend. |
| 0:49.6 | Now that's a proper coffee. |
| 0:51.5 | Should kick in Justin Sanfut to Remember which end of the screwdriver to use? |
| 0:55.2 | Hmm. |
| 0:56.5 | Costa Express. |
| 0:57.9 | Quality coffee every time. |
| 1:04.7 | The Economist. |
| 1:15.5 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:16.6 | I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 1:18.2 | And I'm Rosie Bloor. |
| 1:22.6 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. It's sort of hard to keep up with macroeconomics these days. |
| 1:31.8 | Remember how for decades Japan had a problem with deflation? |
| 1:35.6 | Now it's a regional hotspot for inflation. |
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