Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist.

Today from London, I'm your host Jason Palmer.

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

Cuba's centralized economy was never all that efficient, but now it's in a crisis not

seen for decades.

The accused for basics have got even longer, permitting imports and bumping salaries

up fivefold hasn't outpaced inflation.

We asked what's to be done.

And it was Louis XIV who gave us the modern manicured lawn, beautiful perhaps refined

even, but in terms of biodiversity they're a disaster.

We look at the case to stop watering, weeding and meddling, just let lawns do their natural

thing.

But first, they called it a mini budget, presumably hoping that might spare it much scrutiny.

But the economic plan revealed by Britain's new Prime Minister Liz Truss and her chief

finance minister Quasi Quartang could not have drawn more attention.

For three weeks now, Britain's financial markets have been reeling on the suggestion of sweeping

and unfunded tax cuts.

The pound tanked, bond prices fell fast enough to spark emergency intervention from the central

bank when it looked like pension funds might start to crack.

The bank would like to step back, but the markets are fully spooked, leaving Miss Truss

painted into a politically difficult, maybe even inescapable corner.

This Truss' government is already damaged beyond repair.

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