Fund while it lasted: the 1MDB scandal
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 3 April 2019
⏱️ 23 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | News of the global climate crisis can leave us feeling helpless. |
| 0:05.0 | Too much negativity can trigger our eco-anxiety, leaving us paralyzed when we need to act. |
| 0:11.2 | This is why EONNEXT is in search of better news to power up for change. |
| 0:15.8 | Did you know the UK's first carbon capture plant, the keyed B3 plant in North Lincolnshire, |
| 0:22.0 | could remove 1.5 million tons of CO2 from the air every year. |
| 0:27.3 | If you're feeling impacted by eco-anxiety, EONNEXT have created a range of resources, |
| 0:33.3 | such as guided meditations or green noise soundscapes. |
| 0:37.0 | Just search power up for change in your podcasting app. |
| 0:46.4 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. |
| 0:49.8 | I'm your host Jason Palmer. |
| 0:51.7 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:57.3 | Today the former prime minister of Malaysia goes on trial. |
| 1:03.8 | Najee Brasak is in the dock for his alleged involvement in a scandal that has outraged the country. |
| 1:09.2 | Billions of dollars have gone missing from a state-run development fund. |
| 1:13.2 | He denies all seven charges that he faces today in the first of several trials. |
| 1:18.3 | Scandals, though, take different forms from 1MDB's built billions to Facebook's sloppy |
| 1:25.4 | use of customer data to Wells Fargo's millions of fraudulent accounts. |
| 1:29.9 | Now the spotlight has fallen on Purdue Farma, the maker of OxyContin. |
| 1:34.5 | Thousands of lawsuits have been filed against the company, alleging that its business practices |
| 1:39.0 | contributed to America's opioid crisis. |
| 1:41.7 | We take a look at what the scandals coming from American businesses seem to have in common. |
| 1:47.4 | And older TV viewers in China are scandalized too about how a wildly popular soap opera |
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