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General rule: how to reinvent America’s army

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The Economist

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4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Twenty years ago America was fighting insurgents in Afghanistan and Iran. As state-on-state clashes become more likely, Randy George is the person in charge of preparing US forces for a new age (9:45). Private tutoring has long been common in East Asia, now it is spreading throughout the continent. And celebrating Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury (17:12). 


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The Economist.

1:15.8

Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist.

1:16.8

I'm Jason Palmer.

1:18.4

And I'm Rosie Bloor.

1:22.7

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the event shaping your world.

1:32.5

In Asia, there's a boom in what experts call an anxiety industry, private tutoring.

1:37.4

More than a quarter of a billion students have a tutor, and it's a feedback loop.

1:41.4

The more parents who hire one, the more that other parents think they must.

1:48.8

And Elias Corey saw himself as a journalist, an intellectual, and illitery critic.

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